Stelis collina Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 15. 1922.
TYPE: Panama. Auf Hügeln bei Panama City, C.W. Powell 180 (holotype, B, destroyed; lectotype designated by Christenson (1991), AMES-23780; illustration of type, AMES; isolecotype, MO).