Polystachya cerea Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: Misc. 86. 1840 sec. Soto-Arenas & al. 2007
- =Stelis foliosa Hook. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 330-331. t. 17. 1839 syn. sec. Soto-Arenas & al. 2007
- =Polystachya caracasana Rchb. f. in Bonplandia 2: 15. 1854 syn. sec. Solano Gómez & al. 2020
- =Polystachya foliosa (Hook.) Rchb. f. in Ann. Bot. Syst. 6(4): 640. 1863 syn. sec. Soto-Arenas & al. 2007
- =Polystachya lineata Rchb. f., Refug. Bot. 2: t. 80. 1869 syn. sec. Soto-Arenas & al. 2007
- =Dendrorchis carea (Brongn.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 659. 1891 syn. sec. Solano Gómez & al. 2020
- =Polystachya minor Fawc. & Rendle in J. Bot. 48: 106. 1910 syn. sec. Solano Gómez & al. 2020
- =Polystachya guatemalensis Rchb. f. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 141-142. 1921 syn. sec. Solano Gómez & al. 2020
- =Polystachya mcvaughiana Soto Arenas, Icon. Orchid. 5-6: t. 642. 2003 syn. sec. Solano Gómez & al. 2020