Pleurothallis tuerckheimii Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10(251–253): 292. 1912.

TYPE: Guatemala. epiphytisch im Hochwald bei Cobán, ca. 1600 m, blühend im Nov 1907, H. von Tuerckheim II 1996 (holotype, B, destroyed, lectotype designated by Luer (1998), AMES-18594; isolectotypes, AMES-118481, BM, BR, HB, NY, US-00826106, US-00860918, W; drawing of type, AMES-20855, AMES-23682).

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Stelis megachlamys (Schltr.) Pupulin, Lankesteriana 4: 74. 2002. nom. nov.

Dracontia tuerckheimii (Schltr.) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard.95: 257. 2004.

Stelis tuerckheimii (Schltr.) Pridgeon & M.W. Chase, Lindleyana 16(4): 267. 2001. nom. illeg.

Stelis megachlamys (Schltr.) Pridgeon & M.W. Chase, Lindleyana 17(2): 99–100. 2002. isonym