Epidendrum caudatum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1246. 1759.

["Habitat in America."] Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 2: 1349 (1763). RCN: 6886.

Lectotype (McLeish & al., Native Orchids of Belize: 120. 1995): [icon] " Epidendrum foliis radicalibus, lanceolatis " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 172, t. 177. 1758.

Current name: Brassia caudata (L.) Lindl. ( Orchidaceae).