Maxillaria tenuifolia Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: sub t. 1986. 1837 sec. Soto-Arenas & al. 2007
- =Maxillaria gracifolia Kraenzl. in Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 6: 420. 1927 syn. sec. Hágsater & Salazar 1990
- =Maxillariella tenuifolia (Lindl.) M.A. Blanco & Carnevali in Lankesteriana 7(3): 530. 2007 syn. sec. Schuiteman & Chase 2015