Epidendrum graminifolium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1353. 1763.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 6906.

Lectotype (Garay & Sweet in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles, Orchidaceae: 116. 1974): [icon] " Convallaria ? caule articulato " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 171, t. 176, f. 1. 1758.

Current name: Octomeria graminifolia (L.) R. Br. ( Orchidaceae).