A Key to Costa Rican Maxillaria and a Checklist with Accepted Synonymies

John T. Atwood
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Orchid Identification Center
811 S. Palm Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236

The following checklist and key to Maxillaria is abstracted from a treatment to be submitted to the Field Museum of Natural History. In the hard copy version, lectotypes and neotypes will be selected to clarify the nomenclature. Viewers are encouraged to send comments to the author.

Maxillaria Ruíz & Pavón

REFERENCES--J. T. Atwood. A revision of the Maxillaria neglecta complex (Orchidaceae) in Mesoamerica. Lindleyana 8:25--31. 1993. J. T. Atwood. Two new species of Maxillaria (Orchidaceae) from southern Central America and a new name for a well-known taxon. Lindleyana 9:227--231. 1994. J. T. Atwood. Two new Costa Rican species of Maxillaria (Orchidaceae) related to Maxillaria flava and Maxillaria microphyton. Lindleyana 9:232--237. 1994. J. T. Atwood. Two new species of Costa Rican Maxillaria (Orchidaceae), and a clarification of Maxillaria bracteata. Lindleyana 9: 239--242. 1994. J. T. Atwood. Two overlooked species of Maxillaria from Central America. Selbyana 16: 242--245. 1995. K. Senghas. Subtribus: Maxillariinae. In R. Schlechter. Die Orchideen 29:1727--1803. 1994.

Maxillaria is a neotropical genus of at least 460 species with 106 in Costa Rica. The genus is best recognized by the combination of conduplicate leaves, apparently 1-flowered scapose inflorescences, presence of column foot, four pollinia supported on a short to long stipe, and distinct, usually horseshoe-shaped viscidium.
The relationships of Maxillaria are not clear, but a broad sense of the genus is adopted here. I suggest that certain Brazilian species of Maxillaria (e.g., M. picta Hook.) are more closely related to Trigonidium than to other species of Maxillaria. Also, Mormolyca ringens (Lindl.) Schltr. exhibits rugose leaves with raised veins, pedicelate ovaries and lip shape similar to that of the Maxillaria rufescens Lindl. complex. One species in the Costa Rican flora, Maxillaria tigrina C.Schweinf., has the vegetative and floral aspect of otherwise South American genus, Chrysocycnis, but the pollinia are odd for that genus.   

Phylogenetics of Maxillariinae

Clearly, much needs to be done to improve genera realignment in the Maxillariinae. 

Key to the Species of Maxillaria

	1a. Plants always with canes that lack pseudobulbs; pseudobulbs if present restricted to base of plant................................2  			
	2a. Leaf blades >=30 cm, <1 cm wide; plant pendent.........M. lueri  			
	2b. Blades if 30 cm long then much wider; plant various...........3    			
	3a. Leaf axils never with more than one scape...................4      			
	4a. Sepals >1.6 cm long, at least some leaves >1.5 cm wide....5        			
	5a. Sepals <2 cm long..............................M. alfaroi        			
	b. Sepals >2.5 cm long...........................M. inaudita     			
	4a. Sepals <1.5 cm long; leaves <1.3 cm wide..................6        			
	6a. Lip spatulate, midlobe >2X wider than isthmus..............M. valerioi        			
	6b. Lip not as above........................................7          			
	7a. Ovary >2.5 cm long......................M. linearifolia          			
	7b. Ovary <1.5 cm long....................................8            			
	8a. Leaves elliptic, thin; plants pendent ...........M. appendiculoides            			
	8b. Leaves lanceolate, chartaceous; plants usually stiffly erect...........M. dendrobioides    			
	3b. At least some leaf axils with more than one scape...........9      			
	9a. Column (excluding operculum) <=4 mm long.................10        			
	10a. Ratio: foot length/column length <0.2.................11          			
	11a. Leaves >3 cm wide.........................M. trilobata         			
	11b. Leaves <2 cm wide...................................12            			
	12a. Leaves acute; column about 2 mm long..M. adendrobium            			
	12b. Leaves obtuse and unequally 2-lobate; column about 4 mm long........M. nicaraguensis			
	10b. Ratio: foot length/column length >=0.2................13          			
	13a. Sepals >1.1 cm long.................................14            			
	14a. Lip forming a sharp angle with column foot and usually readily movable..............15              			
	15a. Leaves lanceolate, sessile, <2 cm wide..........16                			
	16a. Sepals and petals yellow, column <=2.5 mm long  excluding operculum and foot...........M. parvilabia                			
	16b. Sepals and petals brick red to brown or green, column >4 mm long........................M. tonduzii              			
	15b. Leaves elliptic, long petiolate, >3 cm wide.......M. trilobata            			
	14b. Lip continuous with column foot, more or less rigid, not forming a sharp angle.............................17              			
	17a. Lip with simple callus at base lacking adornments..............M. biolleyi             			
	17b. Lip with keels, papillae or warts at base in addition to fleshy callus...........................18                			
	18a. Tepals greenish, reddish, or brownish...........M. tonduzii                			
	18b. Tepals lavender to white......................19                  			
	19a. Lip subsaccate, ovary <=11 mm long..M. adolphii                  			
	19b. Lip not saccate, ovary >11 mm long............M. quadrata          			
	13b. Sepals <1 cm long...................................20            			
	20a. Lip with a pair of rounded lobes at base.........M. conduplicata            			
	20b. Lip lacking side lobes............................21              			
	21a. Flowers blood-red and yellow............M. fulgens              			
	21b. Flowers mauve to whitish or lavender...M. pittieri      			
	9b. The same >=4.5 mm long....................................22        			
	22a. Ratio: foot length/column (less operculum) length >0.3; stem branches somewhat swollen at ends....................23          			
	23a. Ratio: midlobe (suborbicular)/lip <=1/4....M. exaltata          			
	23b. Ratio: midlobe (lance-ovate)/lip >=1/3...M. meridensis        			
	22b. Ratio: foot length/column (less operculum) length <=0.25, stem branches never swollen at apex.......................24          			
	24a. Column >=7 mm long..................................25            			
	25a. Column (without operculum) 7.5--8 mm long...........M. falcata            			
	25b. Column 9--10 mm long (without operculum), lip keeled on callus...................M. amabilis            			
	25c. Column 13--15 mm long (without operculum), lip not   keeled (very shortly so in plants from Panama)..........M. monteverdensis          			
	24b. Column <6 mm long...................................26            			
	26a. Leaves <1.5 cm wide.................M. nicaraguensis            			
	26b. Leaves >3.5 cm wide.....................M. trilobata			
	1b. Plants various but canes (if present) with pseudobulbs.........27  			
	27a. Plants with apically >=2-foliate pseudobulbs................28    			
	28a. Plants with upright, decumbent or pendent, aerial canes...29      			
	29a. Largest leaves 6 cm long; sepals <12 mm long............30        			
	30a. Flowers dark purple........................M. ponerantha        			
	30b. Flowers greenish to white, lip with red stain..........M. acervata      			
	29b. Largest leaves >10 cm long..............................31        			
	31a. Flowers red to orange.........................M. elatior        			
	31b. Flowers white to yellow...............................32          			
	32a. Sepals and petals long-attenuate, <=4 mm wide.........M. ctenostachya         			
	32b. Sepals and petals oblong-elliptic, >5 mm wide.........M. camaridii    			
	28b. Plants often creeping, but never with aerial canes........33      			
	33a. Column 9--11 mm long...................M. friedrichsthalii      			
	33b. Column 12--14 mm long.......................M. scorpioidea      			
	33c. Column >1.5 cm long............................M. aciantha  			
	27b. Plants if with pseudobulbs, then apically 1-foliate.........34    			
	34a. Plants with distinct rhizomes or canes separating pseudobulbs; usually some rhizomes aerial..................Key 1    			
	34b. Plants distinctly caespitose, lacking elongate rhizomes or canes......................................................Key 2				

Key 1

Rhizomes or canes with pseudobulbs, some aerial

	1a. Lateral sepals partially united beyond column foot..............2  			
	2a. Leaves distinctly elliptic and obtuse; infls. usually forming all along most recently matured rhizome, not just at pseudobulb base.....M. brevilabia  			
	2b. Leaves lanceolate or linear, always acute; inflorscences fasciculate only at pseudobulb base.............3    			
	3a. Lateral lobes of lip suborbicular when viewed from the side     .....................................M. concavilabia    			
	3b. Lateral lobes otherwise; subquadrate, elliptic or nearly absent.........................................................4      			
	4a. Lateral lobes of lip reduced to auricles at base of midlobe, base forming a distinct claw........................5        			
	5a. Flowers orange to red; column foot longer than column......................................M. horichii        			
	5b. Flowers white or off-white, lip with yellow midlobe; column foot equal to or shorter than column....M. parviflora      			
	4b. Lateral lobes of lip conspicuous and extending to column foot, base not forming a distinct claw.......................6        			
	6a. Lip when spread 3--4 mm across; flowers always white, lip white with yellow midlobe; habitat below 1200 m.................M. neglecta        			
	6b. Lip when spread (4.5)5--7 mm across; flowers various colors; habitat above 900 m................M. pseudoneglecta			
	1b. Lateral sepals not united beyond column foot....................7  			
	7a. Elongate stem apex somewhat swollen, but rarely forming distinct pseudobulb which, if present, is concealed by leaf sheaths.........8    			
	8a. Sepals and petals >1.5 cm...................................9      			
	9a. Ratio: midlobe (suborbicular)/lip <=1/4.........M. exaltata      			
	9b. Ratio: midlobe (lance-ovate)/lip >=1/3........M. meridensis    			
	8b. Sepals <1.1 cm long........................................10      			
	10a. Lip with pair of rounded lobes at base.....M. conduplicata      			
	10b. Lip lacking side lobes..................................11        			
	11a. Flowers blood-red and yellow..................M. fulgens        			
	11b. Flowers mauve to whitish or lavender.........M. pittieri  			
	7b. Stem apex clearly modified into pseudobulb (M. schistotele, known only from type photos and original description, cannot be taken further.)..........12    			
	12a. Sheaths subtending pseudobulbs lacking blades or articulations...............................13      			
	13a. Pseudobulbs <1.4 cm long; column foot about as long as column; leaves subterete..............M. uncata      			
	13b. Pseudobulbs >1.5 cm long; foot much shorter than column; leaves never subterete.....................14        			
	14a. Sepals >1.7 cm long...................................15          			
	15a. Leaves <9 mm wide; flowers basically red, the lip simple, not at all 3-lobate..............16            			
	16a. Lip apex white spotted with reddish maroon..........M. tenuifolia            			
	16b. Lip apex whitish, suffused with red or rose.........M. sanguinea          			
	15b. Leaves >=1 cm wide; flowers yellow or striped, not red, lip clearly 3-lobate....................................17            			
	17a. Flowers yellow; sepals >=3 cm long......M. planicola            			
	17b. Flowers translucent striped with maroon; sepals  <2.9 cm long..................................M. tigrina        			
	14b. Sepals <1.5 cm long...................................18          			
	18a. Sepals <8 mm long......................M. caespitifica          			
	18b. Sepals >8 mm long...................................19            			
	19a. Flowers orange-yellow with red on lip..M. variabilis            			
	19b. Flowers green stained with red, especially lip.....M. costaricensis    			
	12b. Sheath(s) at base of pseudobulb foliaceous or at least with articulation.........................20      			
	20a. Column less operculum >=1.7 cm long..............M. haberi      			
	20b. Column less operculum <1.7 cm long......................21        			
	21a. Petiole of foliaceous bracts abruptly narrowed above articulation and/or leaf <2 mm wide...............22          			
	22a. Leaf apex rounded to emarginate; neither acute, acuminate nor obtuse, or if otherwise lf. <2 mm wide....23            			
	23a. Leaves terete, <2 mm in diam............M. muscoides            			
	23b. Leaves not terete, >2 mm wide.....................24              			
	24a. Midlobe >2/3 length of lip......................25			
	25a. Pseudobulbs elongate, >=2X longer than wide...26			
	26a. Pseudobulbs distinctly grooved or fluted, ratio lip length/sepal length <3/5........M. flava   			
	26b. Pseudobulbs not grooved, ratio lip length/sepal length >3/5........................27			
	27a. Sepals >1.1 cm long.............M. lankesteri                    			
	27b. Sepals <1 cm long................M. wercklei                			
	25b. Pseudobulbs <2X longer than wide......M. burgeri              			
	24b. Midlobe <2/3 length of lip..........M. microphyton          			
	22b. Lf. apex acute to acuminate, rarely obtuse and shortly acuminate...............................................28            			
	28a. Column foot >=1/2 column length less operculum, clearly differentiated from base of lip..M. tubercularis            			
	28b. Column foot <1/2 column length, often poorly differentiated from base of lip.......................29              			
	29a. Column less operculum >6 mm long................30                			
	30a. Column less operculum <11 mm long...M. sigmoidea                			
	30b. Column less operculum >13 mm long...M. vaginalis              			
	29b. Column less operculum <6 mm long................31                			
	31a. Column less operculum <2 mm long........M. minor                			
	31b. Column less operculum >2.5 mm long............32                  			
	32a. Flowers purple to reddish...........M. paleata                  			
	32b. Flowers pink, lavender, white or yellowish..33                    			
	33a. Lower quarter of lip subsaccate; midlobe <1/2 lip; flowers light lavender to white..............M. schlechteriana                    			
	33b. Lower quarter of lip not at all saccate;  midlobe >1/2 lip; flowers yellowish to pinkish..  M. dichotoma      			
	21b. Petiole not abruptly narrowed above articulation; leaves >=2 mm wide...........................34        			
	34a. Blades of rhizome sheaths subtending fls. appearing half-lyre shaped from side; lip 3-lobate on apical 1/3....35          			
	35a. Sepals and petals pure white........................36            			
	36a. All leaves <=1.8 cm.....................M. camaridii            			
	36b. Some, if not all leaves >=1.8 cm..................37              			
	37a. Lip when spread wider than long......M. ampliflora              			
	37b. Lip when spread narrower than long...M. suaveolens          			
	35b. Sepals and petals otherwise.........................38            			
	38a. Column <6 mm long......................M. umbratilis            			
	38b. Column >6 mm long.................................39              			
	39a. Lip when spread wider than long.................40                			
	40a. Sepals >3.4 cm long................M. ampliflora                			
	40b. Sepals <3.3 cm long.................M. bradeorum              			
	39b. Lip when spread narrower than long..M. campanulata        			
	34b. Sheaths various, but not appearing half-lyre shaped from side; lip mostly simple, or 3-lobate below the apical 1/3.................41          			
	41a. Sepals >=1.7 cm long................................42            			
	42a. Leaves <=1 cm wide.....................M. oreocharis            			
	42b. Leaves >=1.1 cm wide, or if narrower then obtuse..43              			
	43a. Plant with distinctly foliaceous bracts subtending pseudodulb..........................................44                			
	44a. Column less operculum <6 mm long..............45                  			
	45a. Ovary trigonous; fruit 3-alate....M. gomeziana                  			
	45b. Ovary terete, fruit not 3-alate...M. bracteata                			
	44b. Column less operculum >6 mm long..............46                  			
	46a. Midlobe of lip suborbicular, serrulate........M. serrulata                  			
	46b. Midlobe of lip otherwise....................47                    			
	47a. Flowers white with yellow lip...M. camaridii                    			
	47b. Flowers orange to red or purple...........48                      			
	48a. Ovary with pedicel >3 cm long...M. elatior                      			
	48b. Ovary with pedicel <2 cm long..............M. tubercularis              			
	43b. Bract at base of pseudobulb usually with articulation but rarely with a distinct broadened blade; lip not serrulate................49                			
	49a. Flowers clearly white with yellow on lip........M. alba                			
	49b. Flowers green, whitish, or yellowish...M. anceps          			
	41b. Sepals <1.6 cm long.................................50            			
	50a. Youngest rhizome concealed by several foliaceous sheaths with fully developed blades...................51              			
	51a. Flowers dark purple................M.cf.ponerantha              			
	51b. Flowers light green with red stain on lip.........M. acervata            			
	50a. Youngest rhizome concealed by 0--3 blade bearing sheaths, rest non-blade bearing.......................52              			
	52a. Leaves never obtuse and deeply emarginate, larger >7 cm long..........................................53                			
	53a. Flowers red with yellow lip...........M. fulgens                			
	53b. Flowers otherwise.............................54                  			
	54a. Leaves >1.2 cm wide, scapes appearing precociously on new shoots.............M. diuturna                  			
	54b. Leaves <1.1 cm wide, scapes appearing at base of mature shoots.....................M. oreocharis              			
	52b. Leaves obtuse and deeply emarginate, <6 cm long, elliptic............................................55                			
	55a. Sepals >11 mm long.................M. lankesteri                			
	55b. Sepals <9 mm long....................M. wercklei				

 

Key 2

No conspicuous rhizomes or canes

         1a. Shoots with >=3 leaves arranged in fan, or if pseudobulbs present, always with >=3 subtending, foliaceous sheaths, leaves never broadly  elliptic with petiole <=3 mm broad..............2  			
	2a. Plants with conspicuous pseudobulbs...........................3    			
	3a. Sepals <2.2 cm long............................M. crassifolia    			
	3b. Sepals 2.3--2.6 cm long..........................M. maleolens    			
	3c. Sepals >3 cm long...................................M. nasuta  			
	2b. Plants lacking pseudobulbs, or these hidden by foliaceous sheaths.............4    		
	4a. Plant pendent, psygmoid, hand-like; lvs. equitant, iris-like.......M. valenzuelana    		
	4b. Plant and lf. otherwise.....................................5      		
	5a. Column foot longer than column..............M. angustissima      		
	5b. Column foot shorter than column...........................6        		
	6a. Leaves not abruptly narrowed above the articulation, thick, obtuse...........M. crassifolia        		
	6b. Leaves abruptly narrowed above articulation, thin, distinctly acute...........................7          		
	7a. Leaves <=1.3 cm wide with unspotted sheaths, flowers wine red...................M. cf. bicallosa          		
	7b. Leaves >1.7 cm wide with spotted sheaths, flowers yellow....................M. chartacifolia		
	1b. Shoots always with pseudobulbs, rarely with 3 foliaceous sheaths at base..................8  		
	8a. No broadened, foliaceous sheaths subtending pseudobulbs, although articulations sometimes present (rarely in M. alba or M. oreocharis)...............9    		
	9a. Scape included within subtending rhizome bract.............10      		
	10a. Flowers pure white with yellow on lip..............M. alba      		
	10b. Flowers otherwise.......................................11        		
	11a. Sepals >=1.8 cm long..................................12          		
	12a. Leaf <4 mm wide, linear, not petiolate....M. sanguinea          		
	12b. Leaf >1 cm wide, elliptic, long-petiolate....................M. longipetiola        		
	11b. Sepals <1.8 cm long...................................13          		
	13a. Sepals <8 mm long......................M. caespitifica          		
	13b. Sepals >8 mm long...................................14            		
	14a. Flowers orange-yellow with red on lip...................................M. variabilis             		
	14b. Flowers green stained with red, especially lip..................................M. costaricensis    		
	9b. Scape exerted beyond subtending rhizome bract..............15      		
	15a. Leaves <1.1 cm wide.....................................16        		
	16a. Sepals partially united beyond column foot...M. strumata        		
	16b. Sepals not so united..................................17          		
	17a. Leaves <12 cm long........................M. piestopus          		
	17b. Leaves >12 cm long..................................18            		
	18a. Flowers with spreading sepals, column >1 cm long.....................................M. sanguinea            		
	18b. Flowers campanulate; column <1 cm long...........................................M. oreocharis      		
	15b. Leaves >=1.1 cm wide....................................19        		
	19a. Petals lanceolate, distinctly broadest on the lower 1/4.....................................................20          		
	20a. Midlobe of lip fleshy, black, reflexed and forming an angle about 90  with base.....................M. longiloba          		
	20b. Midlobe yellow and white, often with purple spots, neither black, nor so reflexed..........................21            		
	21a. Flowers >=2 per rhizome bract; lip <1.6 cm long..............................................M. ringens            		
	21b. Flowers 1 (--2?) per rhizome bract; lip >2 cm long..................................................22              		
	22a. Pseudobulbs usually truncate apically; sepals >=5.5 cm long............................. M. endresii              		
	22b. Pseudobulbs usually conic, not truncate; sepals <=5 cm long.........................M. angustisegmenta        		
	19b. Petals various, but not broadest on lower 1/4.........23          		
	23a. Midlobe of lip <=1/3 as long as lip.................24            		
	24a. Lip apex reflexed, black, lance-ovate...M. longiloba            		
	24b. Lip apex straight, sometimes with purple spots, not black.................................................25              		
	25a. Pseudobulb suborbicular, small and hidden by subtending bracts......................M. cryptobulbon              		
	25b. Pseudobulb ovoid, emerging from subtending bracts........................................M. brunnea          		
	23b. Midlobe of lip >1/3 length of lip...................26            		
	26a. Petals distinctly spatulate or oblanceolate............................................M. piestopus            		
	26b. Petals distinctly not spatulate or oblanceolate...27              		
	27a. Inflorescence shorter than pseudobulb...........28                		
	28a. Petiole >=1/4 as long as blade.M. longipetiolata                		
	28b. Petiole <1/4 as long as blade.................29                  		
	29a. Sepals and petals maroon to brown...................................M. dressleriana                  		
	29b. Sepals and petals cream-white to yellow.....30                   		
	30a. Lip orange......................M. hedwigiae                    		
	30b. Lip yellow with red stripe up center...................................M. acutifolia                    		
	30c. Lip otherwise, usually yellow with red dots or stained dark................M. aff. rufescens              		
	27b. Inflorescence longer than pseudobulb............31                		
	31a. Lip orange, midlobe broadly lanceolate........................................M. hedwigiae                		
	31b. Lip red, purplish,or cream spotted with maroon, midlobe ovate (cucullata group)...................32                  		
	32a. Flowers with sepals and petals stained with purple; midlobe of lip with truncate to emarginate callus..............M cf. obscura                  		
	32b. Flowers with lines of purple dots on sepals and petals, lip usually dark red or maroon........................M. punctostriata                  		
	32c. Flowers with white sepals and petals, lip cream spotted with maroon...........M. cedralensis  		
	8b. Pseudobulb subtended by >=1 foliaceous sheath, at least when young..............................33    		
	33a. Sepals >10 cm long..........................M. rodrigueziana    		
	33b. Sepals <10 cm long........................................34      		
	34a. Foot at least as long as column less operculum..........35        		
	35a. Sepals <2.7 cm long...................................36          		
	36a. Flowers held much higher than shoots; lip twice length of foot plus column less operculum............M. attenuata          		
	36b. Flowers much shorter than shoots; lip not much longer than foot plus column less operculum....................37            		
	37a. Anther bed lacerate; lateral sepals attenuate,  >=1.8 cm long.................................M. confusa            		
	37b. Anther bed not at all lacerate; lateral sepals not attenuate, <=1.8 cm long...................M. ramonensis        		
		35b. Sepals >2.8 cm long...................................38          		
	38a. Leaves with large, white spots......M. reichenheimiana          		
	38b. Leaves lacking such spots...........................39            		
	39a. Sepals >=5.5 cm long...............M. arachnitiflora            		
	39b. Sepals <=5 cm long.....................M. pachyacron      		
	34b. Foot shorter than column................................40        		
	40a. Lip subentire to indistinctly 3-lobate.....M. chionantha        		
	40b. Lip distinctly and deeply 3-lobate near the apex          		
	41a. Sepals >=1.4 cm long................................42            		
	42a. Sepals >=3.5 cm long; flowers generally held higher than the shoots............................M. pachyacron            		
	42b. Sepals <=3 cm long; flowers much shorter than shoots......................................................43              		
	43a. Plants <12 cm tall, ovary with pedicel <1.7 cm long...................................M. brachybulbon              		
	43b. Plants >25 cm tall, ovary with pedicel >2.5 cm long...................................M. cryptobulbon          		
	41b. Sepals <=1.3 cm long................................44            		
	44a. Sepals <6 mm long, column foot nearly absent........................................M. vittariifolia            		
	44b. Sepals >8 mm long, column foot nearly as long as column........................................M. acostae				

Maxillaria acervata Rchb.f., Bonplandia 3:217. 1855. TYPE: Costa Rica, “Ad Suru[n]gnes”, Oersted s.n.(K). Maxillaria foliosa Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 8:60. 1925. TYPE: Costa Rica, C. H. Lankester 478 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria aciantha Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10:858. 1852. TYPE: Costa Rica, J. de Warszewicz s.n. (not seen). Lycaste aciantha (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia 3:216. 1855.

Maxillaria acostae Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:301. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, near San Ramón, Acosta s.n. (AMES 40543, .

Maxillaria acutifolia Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25: misc. 92. 1839. TYPE: Demerara, Loddiges s.n. (Holotype: K). Not Maxillaria acutifolia Schltr.

Maxillaria adendrobium (Rchb.f.) Dressler, Taxon 13:248. 1964. Ponera adendrobium Rchb.f., Flora 48:278. 1865. TYPE: Cuba, Wright 1697 (Isotypes: AMES 6081; AMES 6082) Pleuranthium adendrobium (Rchb.f.) Benth. & Hook. f., J. Linn. Soc. 18:312. 1881. Neourbania adendrobium (Rchb.f.) Fawc. & Rendle, J. Bot. 47:125. 1909.

Maxillaria adolphii Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11:18. 1943. Camaridium adolphii Schltr. (nom. illeg.), Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:58. 1923. Ornithidium tonduzii Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3:250--251. 1907. TYPE: Costa Rica, on the banks of the Rio Angel (Poas), Tonduz 10770 (US; drawing of type: AMES). Not Maxillaria tonduzii (Schltr.) Ames & Correll. 1943. Not Camaridium tonduzii Schltr. 1910.

Maxillaria alba (Hook.f.) Lindl., Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. 143. 1832. Dendrobium album Hook.f., Exot. Fl. t. 142. 1825. TYPE: Jamaica (Holotype: K). Broughtonia alba (Hook.f.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3:735. 1826. Camaridium album (Hook.f.) Hoehne, Arq. Bot. Est. São Paulo, 2,4:72. 1947. ?Maxillaria hedyosma Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 42:131. 1925.

Maxillaria alfaroi Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 10:83--84. 1930. TYPE: Costa Rica, Carretera Fuentes, Alfaro 284 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria amabilis J.T.Atwood, Lindleyana 9:239--41. 1994. TYPE: Costa Rica: Prov. Alajuela: Zona Protectora, Chayote, Llano Bonito, Naranjo, 1200 m, L. D. Gomez, G. Herrera, & W. Murillo 23979 (Holotype: MO; Isotypes: F, SEL).

Maxillaria ampliflora C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 8:188. 1940. Camaridium grandiflorum Ames, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 34:149--150. 1921. TYPE: Panama, Chiriquí, east of the Rio Caldera, Killip 3565 (Holotype: AMES; Isotype: US). Not Camaridium grandiflorum Schltr. not Maxillaria grandiflora Lindl.

Maxillaria anceps Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 10:84. 1930. TYPE: Costa Rica, La Palma A. M. Brenes (133) 463 (Holotype: AMES, photo; Isotype: CR). Not Ornithidium anceps Rchb.f.

Maxillaria angustisegmenta Ames, Hubbard & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 10:86--87. 1930. TYPE: Costa Rica, La Palma, A. M. Brenes (132)462 (Holotype: AMES). Maxillaria endresii Rchb.f. var. angustisegmenta (Ames, Hubbard & C.Schweinf.) C.Schweinf., nom. Maxillaria luteoalba of authors, not Lindl.

Maxillaria angustissima Ames & C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 3:41. 1934. Maxillaria acutifolia Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:229--230. 1923 (not Lindl., 1839). TYPE: Costa Rica, San Ramon, A. M. Brenes 235 (Holotype: B, destroyed; Drawing of type: AMES), Brenes 173(504) (AMES).

Maxillaria appendiculoides C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 4:119--121. 1937. TYPE: Hills of San Pedro de San Ramon, Brenes (239) 1427 (Holotype: AMES; Isotype: NY)

Maxillaria arachnitiflora Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 10:87--89. 1930. TYPE: Costa Rica, Navarro, C. H. Lankester 1212 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria attenuata Ames & C. Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 10:89--90. 1930. TYPE: Costa Rica, La Palma, Brenes 512, (Holotype: AMES; Isotype: NY).

Maxillaria bicallosa (Rchb.f.) Garay, Caldasia 8:527. 1962. Zygopetalum bicallosum Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamb. 1:9. 1878. TYPE: Ecuador, near Guayaquil, Lehmann (Holotype: W). Kefersteinia bicallosa (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. Otia Bot. Hamb. 1:31. 1878.

Maxillaria biolleyi (Schltr.) L.O.Williams., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28:425. 1941. Ornithidium biolleyi Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9:29--30. 1910. TYPE: Costa Rica, near San José, Biolley 1052 (Drawing of type: AMES).

Maxillaria brachybulbon Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19:55. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Jeronimo, Wercklé 23 (Drawing of type: AMES).

Maxillaria bracteata (Schltr.) Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11:14. 1943. Ornithidium bracteatum Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9:217--218. 1911. TYPE: Costa Rica, La Palma, Tonduz 12344 (Lectotype: US). Camaridium bracteatum (Schltr.) Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:57. 1923. Maxillaria vagans Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 8:65--66. 1925. TYPE: Panama, Chiriquí, Powell 348 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria bradeorum (Schltr.) L.O.Williams, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28:425. 1941. Camaridium bradeorum Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:141--143. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, (Photo of type: AMES). Maxillaria semiorbicularis Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 8:64--65. 1925. TYPE: Costa Rica, Prov. San José, La Hondura, Standley 36247 (Holotype: AMES)

Maxillaria brevilabia Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11:15. 1943. Fig. 1. Ornithidium alfaroi Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 10:98. 1930. TYPE: Costa Rica, La Fuente, Alfaro 227 (Holotype: AMES). Not Maxillaria alfaroi Ames & C.Schweinf. 1930.

Maxillaria brunnea Linden & Rchb.f., Bonplandia 2:281. 1854. TYPE: Colombia, Ocaña, Schlim 1161 (Holotype: W). ?Maxillaria porrecta Lindl., Bot. Reg. 24: misc. 92. 1838. TYPE: Brazil(?), 'Rio Janeiro', Loddiges s.n., (Holotype: K). Maxillaria trinitatis Ames, Sched. Orch. 2:34--35. 1923. TYPE: Trinidad, B.W.I., Heights of Aripo, W.E.Broadway 9890, (Holotype: AMES). Maxillaria brenesii Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:56, 231--232. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Pedro de San Ramón, Brenes 78 (Lectotype: CR; Isolectotype: AMES).

Maxillaria burgeri J.T.Atwood, Lindleyana 9:233--236. 1994. TYPE: Costa Rica. Prov. Heredia: southern slope of Volcán Barba at 2200 m, W. C. Burger & Robert G. Stolze 6062 (Holotype: F; Isotype: MO).

Maxillaria caespitifica Rchb.f., Linnaea 41:73. 1877. TYPE: Costa Rica, Endres (Holotype: W).

Maxillaria camaridii Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten-Blumenzeitung 19:547. 1863. Basionym: Camaridium ochroleucum Lindl., Bot. Reg. 10: t. 844. 1824. TYPE: Trinidad, Woodford. Cymbidium ochroleucum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl. 168. 1833. Camaridium affine Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17:72--73. 1922. TYPE: Panama, on hills near Panama City. Powell 7 (Isotype: AMES). Not Maxillaria ochroleucum Lodd. ex Lindl.

Maxillaria campanulata C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 5:94--95. 1938. TYPE: Costa Rica, Jiménez 315 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria cedralensis J.T.Atwood & D.E.Mora, Selbyana (in press). TYPE: COSTA RICA. Prov. San José, Cedral, 2000 m elev., Apr 1990, D. E. Mora B-35 (Holotype: USJ).

Maxillaria chartacifolia Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 10:92. 1930. TYPE: Costa Rica, Guanacaste, La Tejona, north of Tilaran P. C. Standley & J. Valerio 45989 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria chionantha J.T.Atwood, Selbyana 16:242. 1995. TYPE: Panama. Prov. Veraguas: Vicinity of Continental Divide, third branch of Río Santa María to drop-off to lowlands, R. L. Dressler 4839 (Holotype: SEL).

Maxillaria concavilabia Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11:15. 1943. Fig. 2. Ornithidium stenophyllum Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:59. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Jeronimo, Wercklé 109 (Drawing of type: AMES). Not Maxillaria stenophylla Rchb.f. 1854. Not Maxillaria stenophylla F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899.

Maxillaria conduplicata (Ames & C.Schweinf.) L.O.Williams, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29:348. 1942. Ornithidium conduplicatum Ames & C.Schweinf. Sched. Orch. 8:66--68. 1925. TYPE: Panama, Chiriquí, Powell 341 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria confusa Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 8:57--58. 1925. TYPE: Costa Rica, Peralta, Lankester 908 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria costaricensis Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:232--233. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, District of Volis in San Ramón, 1050 m, Brenes 237 (Lectotype: CR, not seen; Isotypes: AMES, NY).

Maxillaria crassifolia (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia 2:16. 1854. Heterotaxis crassifolia Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg.12: t. 1028. 1826. TYPE: Jamaica, J. Lee (Holotype: K). Dicrypta crassifolia (Lindl.) Lindl. ex Loud., Hort. Brit. Suppl. 3:536. 1839. Epidendrum sessile Sw., Prodr. Ind. Occ. 122. 1788. TYPE: Jamaica (Holotype: BM, not seen). Maxillaria sessilis (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 1:120. 1910, not Maxillaria sessilis Lindl., 1845. Dicrypta baueri Lindl., Gen. et Sp. Orch. t. 44. 1830. TYPE: Jamaica.

Maxillaria cryptobulbon Carnevali & J.T.Atwood, Novon 1:159--162. 1991. TYPE: Ecuador, Morona-Santiago, Serranía de Cutucú, Ackerman 1041, based on Madison s.n. (Holotype: SEL).

Maxillaria ctenostachya Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 39. 1870. Costa Rica, Veitch (Holotype: W). Camaridium arachnites Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17:73--74. 1922. TYPE: Panama, Chiriquí, Powell 210 (Isotypes (5 sheets): AMES).

Maxillaria dendrobioides (Schltr.) L.O.Williams, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27:283. 1940. Camaridium dendrobioides Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralb. 36:415. 1918. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Ramón, 1500--1600 m, Tonduz 17620 (Holotype: CR). Camaridium jimenezii Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralb. 36:416. 1918. TYPE: Costa Rica, La Palma, Wercklé 855 (Holotype: CR). ?Camaridium simile Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:239. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Ramón, alt. 1025 m, Brenes (VII) 64 (Isotype: NY).

Maxillaria dichotoma (Schltr.) L.O.Williams, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 9:15. 1940. Camaridium dichotomum Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 8:98. 1921. TYPE: Pincincha, In regione subtropica vallis Nanegal, Sodiro 94 (not found). Maxillaria paleata of authors, not (Rchb.f.) Ames & Correll.

Maxillaria diuturna Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 8:58. 1925. TYPE: Panama, C. W. Powell 376 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria dressleriana Carnevali & J.T.Atwood, Lindleyana 11:29--31. 1996. TYPE: Panama, Chiriquí, flowered in cultavation at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 3 Jan 1995,Carnevali 3858 (Holotype: SEL; Isotypes: AMES, INB, MO)

Maxillaria elatior (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Ann. Bot. Syst. 6:532. 1863. Dicrypta elatior Rchb.f., Linnaea 18:403. 1844. TYPE: Guatemala, Quezaltenango, Leibold 14 (not seen). ?Camaridium xylobiichilum Kraenzl., Vidensk. Medd. Nat. Copenhagen 71:174. 1920. TYPE: Locality unknown (Drawing of type: AMES). Maxillaria triangularis Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 31: Misc., p. 9. 1845. TYPE: Guatemala Hartweg s.n. (Holotype: K). Maxillaria albertii Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:229. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, Alajuela, Rio Jesus de San Ramon, Brenes 257 (Lectotype: CR; Isotype: AMES).

Maxillaria endresii Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. n.s. 26:680. 1886. TYPE: Costa Rica, Edward Low s.n. (Holotype: W).

Maxillaria exaltata (Kraenzl.) C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11:272. 1945. Camaridium exaltatum Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 386--387. 1906. TYPE: Peru: Dept. of Loreto, mountains east of Moyobamba, Weberbauer 4620 (Photo of type: AMES).

Maxillaria falcata Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11:15. 1943. Ornithidium costaricense Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8:456. 1910. TYPE: Costa Rica, Pittier (Tonduz?) 2177 (AMES 24213) Not Maxillaria costaricensis Schltr.

Maxillaria flava Ames, Hubbard & C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 3:41. 1934. Ornithidium ramonense Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:243--244. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Pedro de San Ramón, Brenes 137 (Phototype: AMES). Not Maxillaria ramonensis Schltr.

Maxillaria friedrichsthalii Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10:858. 1852. TYPE: Guatemala, Chontales, in Monte Aragua, Friedrichsthal (Isotype: AMES). Maxillaria turialbae Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36:414--415. 1918. TYPE: Costa Rica, Turialba, F. C. Lehmann 1098 (Drawing of type: AMES).

Maxillaria fulgens (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 28:425. 1941. Ornithidium fulgens Rchb.f., Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. 76. 1866. TYPE: Costa Rica, "Naranjo", Wendland. (Holotype: W; Phototype: AMES).

Maxillaria gomeziana J.T.Atwood, Lindleyana 11:202-204.1996. TYPE: COSTA RICA. Prov. Puntarenas, Coto Brus, 1600 m elev. March 1995, Atwood, C. & J. Luer ex Atwood 5052 (Holotype: SEL).

Maxillaria haberi J.T.Atwood, Selbyana 16:245. 1995. TYPE: COSTA RICA. Prov. Heredia: Forest between Río Peje and Río Sardinalito, Atlantic slope of Volcán Barva, 700--750 m, 4 Apr 1986, M H. Grayum 6769 (Holotype: CR).

Maxillaria hedwigiae Hamer & Dodson, Ic. Pl. Trop. 8: t. 800. 1982. TYPE: Guatemala, Río Dulce, near Lake Isabal, Hamer A 161 (Holotype: SEL).

Maxillaria horichii Senghas, Orchidee (Hamburg) 28:13. 1977. Fig. 3. TYPE: Costa Rica, "near Sisicá, between La Palma de San Isidro del General and Playa Dominica," Horich s.n. (Holotype: HEID, not seen). Sepalosaccus horichii (Senghas) Senghas, Orchideen 29:1745. 1994.

Maxillaria inaudita Rchb.f., Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. 76. 1866. TYPE: Costa Rica, Cartago, Wendland s.n. (Holotype: W).

Maxillaria lankesteri Ames, Sched. Orch. 7:11--12. 1924. TYPE: Costa Rica, Lankester 508 (Holotype: AMES). Ornithidium aurantiacum Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:241. 1923. Costa Rica, San Pedro de San Ramón, Brenes 129 (Drawing of type: AMES). Not Maxillaria aurantiaca A. Rich. & Gal.

Maxillaria linearifolia Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 10:95--96. 1930. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Ramon, A. M. Brenes (19)314 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria longiloba (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.T.Atwood, Ic. Pl. Trop. 16: t. 1562. 1993. Basionym: Maxillaria brenesii Schltr. var. longiloba Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 10:90--91. 1930. TYPE: Costa Rica, Prov. of Heredia, Yerba Buena, Northeast of San Isidro. Standley & Valerio 49104 (Holotype: AMES; Isotype: US).

Maxillaria longipetiolata Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 8:61--62. 1925. TYPE: Panama, Hill east of Corozal, Powell 307 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria lueri Dodson, Icon. Pl. Trop. 2: plate 155. 1980. TYPE: Ecuador, Pichincha, alt. 300 m, Dodson & Luer 6800 (SEL).

Maxillaria maleolens Schltr. Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:233. 1933. TYPE: Costa Rica, Alajuela, Brenes 281 (Lectotype: CR).

Maxillaria meridensis Lindl., Orch. Linden 19:No. 100. 1846. TYPE: Venezuela, near Merida, at 6000 ft. elev., Linden, s.n. (Holotype: K).

Maxillaria microphyton Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8:457. 1910. TYPE: Costa Rica, in forests of La Palma, Tonduz 9670 (Isotype: US). Ornithidium parvulum Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9:206. 1911. [based on same collection as M. microphyton]. Ornithidium pallidiflavum Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:143, 242--243. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Pedro de San Ramón, alt. 1075 m, Brenes 135, (Isotype: AMES). Maxillaria pallidiflava (Schltr.) Senghas, Orchidaceen 29:1751. 1994.

Maxillaria minor (Schltr.) L.O.Williams, Amer. Orch. Soc. Bull. 10:273. 1942. Camaridium minus Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, Abt. 2:417. 1918. TYPE: Costa Rica, La Palma, C. Wercklé (Holotype: CR?; Drawing of type: AMES).

Maxillaria monteverdensis J.T.Atwood & G.Barboza, Lindleyana 9:241--242. TYPE: Costa Rica, Intersection of Provinces Alajuela, Guanacaste, and Puntarenas, Monteverde Reserve, Atwood 89-33 (Holotype: SEL; Isotype: CR).

Maxillaria moralesii Carnevali & J.T.Atwood, Lindleyana 11:31--32. 1996. TYPE: Costa Rica, Alajuela, Río Angel, flowered in cultivation at Missouri Botanical Garden 25 Dec. 1994, Carnevali & Morales 3841 (Holotype: INB; Isotype: SEL).

Maxillaria muscoides J.T.Atwood, Lindleyana 9:236. 1994. TYPE. Costa Rica, Cerros el Humo de Pejivalle in the zone of Turrialba, Dodson 2526 (Holotype: SEL).

Maxillaria nasuta Rchb.f., Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. 104. 1866. TYPE: Colombia, Lasita (Holotype: W; Isotype: K). Maxillaria nasalis Rchb.f., Saund. Ref. Bot. 2: t. 102. 1872. TYPE: Costa Rica, Endres 266 (Holotype: W). Maxillaria brevipedunculata Ames & C.Schweinf. Sched. Orch. 10:91. 1930. TYPE: Costa Rica, Toro Amarillo, A. Alfaro 190 (Holotype: US, Photo of type: AMES).

Maxillaria neglecta (Schltr.) L.O.Williams, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 29:348. 1942. Fig. 4. Ornithidium neglectum Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:242. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, A. M. Brenes 164 ex R.Schlechter (pressed from cultivated material) (Drawing of type: AMES). Not Scaphyglottis pendula Poeppig & Endl. sensu Brieger.

Maxillaria nicaraguensis (Hamer & Garay) J.T.Atwood, Selbyana 10:60--62. 1988. Neourbania nicaraguensis Hamer & Garay, Icon. Pl. Trop. Fasc. 13, t. 1238. 1985. TYPE: Nicaragua, Dept. Chontales, A. H. Heller 7057 (Lectotype: SEL; Isotypes: SEL, AMES).

Maxillaria cf. obscura Lind. & Rchb.f., Beitr. Orchid.-K.C.Amer. 31--32, t. 6. 1866. TYPE: Columbia.

Maxillaria oreocharis Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17:69. 1922. TYPE: Panama, Chiriqui, Powell 256 (Isotype: AMES).

Maxillaria pachyacron Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9:165. 1911. TYPE: Costa Rica, La Palma, A. Tonduz 9681 (Isotype: AMES).

Maxillaria paleata (Rchb.f.) Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11:15. 1943. Ornithidium paleatum Rchb.f., Linnaea 41:36. 1877. TYPE: Central America (Holotype: W). Camaridium wrightii Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16:448. 1920. TYPE: Nicaragua, Wright s.n. (Isotype: AMES). Maxillaria wrightii (Schltr.) Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11:18. 1943.

Maxillaria parviflora (Poeppig & Endl.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 21:258. 1967. Scaphyglottis parviflora Poeppig & Endl., Nov. Gen. ac Sp. 1:58, t. 1836. TYPE: Peru, Cuchero, Poeppig (Holotype: W). Ornithidium confertum Griseb., Fl. Br. W. Ind. Isl. 626. 1864. TYPE: Trinidad; Cuba, Wright 650 (GOET; USF). Maxillaria conferta (Griseb.) C.Schweinf. ex Leon, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Coleg. de la Salle 8:395. 1946. Ornithidium chloroleucum Barb.Rodr., Gen. et Spec. Orch. Nov. 2:208. 1882. TYPE: Brazil. Pseudomaxillaria chloroleuca (Barb.Rodr.) Hoehne, Arquiv. Bot. Estad. S. Paulo 2:72. 1947. Maxillaria simulans Ames & C.Schweinf. Sched. Orch. 10: 99, t. 1930. TYPE: Guatemala, Tuerckheim 8302 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria parvilabia Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 8: 62--64. 1925. TYPE: Costa Rica, Prov. of San José, La Palma, Standley 32939 (Holotype: AMES; Isotype: US).

Maxillaria piestopus Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:302. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Ramón. Tonduz s.n., May 1913 (destroyed, drawing at AMES).

Maxillaria pittieri (Ames) L.O.Williams, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29:349. 1942. Ornithidium pittieri Ames, Sched. Orch. 2:36--37. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Isidro de Heredia, Pittier 14048 (Holotype: AMES; Isotype: US).

Maxillaria planicola C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 8:188. 1940. Based on Camaridium latifolium Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17:74. 1922. TYPE: Panama, on hills near Panama City, Powell 8 (Lectotype: AMES; Isolectotype: AMES).

Maxillaria cf. ponerantha Rchb.f., Bonplandia 2:17. 1854. TYPE: Venezuela, around Caracas, Wagener s.n. (Holotype: W).

Maxillaria pseudoneglecta J.T.Atwood, Lindleyana 8:30--31. Ornithidium anceps Rchb.f., Beitr. Orchid.-K. C. Amer. 75--76. 1866. TYPE: Costa Rica, Cartago, Wendland s.n. (Holotype: W). Not Maxillaria anceps Ames & C.Schweinf. 1930.

Maxillaria punctostriata Rchb.f., Linnaea 41:23. 1877. TYPE: Costa Rica, Low s.n. (Holotype: W). Maxillaria rubrilabia Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:236. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Ramón, 1050 m, Brenes 151 (destroyed); Todzia 334 (Neotype: F).

Maxillaria quadrata Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 6:16. 1943. Ornithidium lankesteri Ames, Sched. Orch. 4:52--53. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Cristobal, Lankester & Sancho 421 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria ramonensis Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:235. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, Santiago de San Ramón. Brenes 154 (Lectotype: CR; Isolectotype: AMES). Maxillaria brevipes Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:302. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, La Palma, Wercklé 110 (Photo of type: AMES).

Maxillaria reichenheimiana Endres & Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1678. 1871. TYPE: Costa Rica, M. Endres (Holotype: W).

Maxillaria ringens Rchb.f., Ann. Bot. Syst. 6:523. 1863. TYPE: Costa Rica, Endres 8 (W). ?M. yzabalana S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23:266. 1888. M. tuerckheimii Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10:295--296. 1912. TYPE: Guatemala, Cubilguitz, von Türckheim 790 (Drawing of type: AMES). ?M. rouseauae Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2):413--414. 1918. TYPE: Panama, "Im Gebiete des Panama-Kanals", Rouseau, s.n., Powell 115. M. pubilabia Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17:70--71. 1922. TYPE: Panama, "Auf Hügeln bei Panama City", Powell 214 (Lectotype: AMES; Isolectotype: MO). M. amparoana Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:54--55. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, Carillo, Wercklé 7. M. lactea Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:233. 1923, not 1925. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Mateo, Brenes 143 (Isotype: AMES).

Maxillaria rodrigueziana Atwood & Mora-Retana, Icon. Pl. Trop. 14: t.1361. 1989. TYPE: Panama, El Cope, T. Antonio 2137 (Holotype: MO; Isotype: SEL).

Maxillaria sanguinea Rolfe, in Bull. Misc. Inform. 1895:8. TYPE: Panama, Chiriqui, James O'Brien s.n. (Holotype: K)

Maxillaria schistostele Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:303--304. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, near San Ramón, Acosta s.n. (Photo of type: AMES).

Maxillaria schlechteriana J.T.Atwood, Lindleyana 9:231. 1994. Basionym: Camaridium imbricatum Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36:415--416. 1918. TYPE: Costa Rica, La Palma, Wercklé (Isotype: AMES). Ornithidium schlechterianum C.Schweinf., nom. illeg., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 4:94. 1937. Maxillaria wrightii (Schltr.) Ames & Correll var. imbricata (Schltr.) Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11:18. 1943. Not Maxillaria imbricata Barb.Rodr.

Maxillaria scorpioidea Kraenzl., Svensk. Vet. Akad. Handl. 46:71. 1911. TYPE: Brazil, Matto Grosso. ?Maxillaria rhodosticta Kraenzl., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24:223. 1928. TYPE: Mexico.

Maxillaria serrulata Ames & C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11:16. 1943. Camaridium amparoanum Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:56--57. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Jeronimo, Wercklé 122 (Drawing of type: AMES).

Maxillaria sigmoidea (C.Schweinf.) Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11:16. 1943. Ornithidium sigmoideum C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 4:121--122. 1937. TYPE: Costa Rica, Cerro Gallito, Valerio 72 (Holotype: AMES).

Maxillaria strumata (Endres & Rchb.f.) Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. II:17. 1943. Ornithidium strumatum Endres & Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 2:772. 1874. TYPE: Costa Rica, Endres 281 (Holotype: W; Isotype: AMES). Sepalosaccus strumatum (Endr. & Rchb.f.) Garay, Caldasia 8:525. 1962. Sepalosaccus humilis Schltr. Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:244--246. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Pedro de San Ramón, Brenes 130 (Lectotype: AMES).

Maxillaria suaveolens Barringer, Brittonia 37(1) 44--46. 1985. TYPE: Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Esquinas forest, area between the Rio Esquinas and Palmar, P. H. Allen 5323 (Holotype: F; Isotypes: MO, NY, SEL).

Maxillaria tenuifolia Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: sub. t. 1986. 1837. TYPE: Mexico, Veracruz, Hartweg. ?Maxillaria gracilifolia Kraenzl., Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 6:420. 1927.

Maxillaria tigrina C.Schweinf., Amer. Orch. Soc. Bull. 37:409--410. 1968. TYPE: Costa Rica, Prov. of Heredia, R. T. Northen s.n. (Holotype: AMES). Chrysocycnis tigrinum (C.Schweinf.) Atwood, Icon. Pl. Trop. 14: Pl. 1306. 1989.

Maxillaria tonduzii (Schltr.) Ames & Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11:17. 1943. Camaridium costaricense Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3:250. 1907. TYPE: Costa Rica, La Palma, Tonduz 12429 (Isotypes: US 577589, US 815052, US 815053; Drawing of type: AMES). Camaridium tonduzii Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8:571. 1910. TYPE: Costa Rica, Tonduz 12429 [Note: same collection as for Camaridium costaricense Schltr.]. Maxillaria heidelbergensis Senghas, nom. illeg. Orchidaceen (ed. 3) 29:1751. 1994.

Maxillaria trilobata Ames & C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 11:17. 1943. Camaridium brenesii Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:237. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Ramon, Brenes 233 (Phototype: AMES).

Maxillaria tubercularis J.T.Atwood, Lindleyana 9:229,231. TYPE: Panama, Chiriquí, Fortuna Dam region, along trail to Cerro Hornito (Pate de Macho), McPherson 13567 (Holotype: MO).

Maxillaria umbratilis L.O.Williams, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28:425. 1941. Camaridium nutantiflorum Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, Abt. 2:417. 1918. TYPE: Costa Rica, La Palma, C. Wercklé (Isotype: CR). Camaridium vinosum Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:240. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Ramon, A. M. Brenes 234 (Lectotype: CR; Isolectotypes: AMES, NY). Maxillaria vinosa (Schltr.) Senghas, Orchidaceen (ed. 3) 29:1751. 1994. Not Maxillaria nutantiflora Schltr., nor Camaridium vinosum Rolfe.

Maxillaria uncata Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: sub t. 1986. 1837. TYPE: Guiana, Loddiges s.n. (Holotype: K). Camaridium uncatum (Lindl.) Hoehne, Arq. Bot. Est. Sao Paulo 6:127. 1952. Maxillaria macleei Bateman ex Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: misc. 70. 1840. TYPE: Guatemala. Maxillaria nana J. D. Hook., Ic. Pl. t. 315. 1841. TYPE: Guiana, C. S. Parker. Maxillaria squamata Barb.Rodr., Gen. & Sp. Orch. Nov. 1:118. 1877. TYPE: Brazil (illustration in Flora Brasiliensis 3(6):t. 24). Ornithidium squamatum (Barb.Rodr.) Barb. Rodr, Gen. & Sp. Orch. Nov. 2:209. 1882. Camaridium squamatum (Barb.Rodr.) Hoehne, Arq. Bot. Est. Sao Paulo 2:72. 1947. Maxillaria stenostele Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, Abt. 2:414. 1918. TYPE: Costa Rica, Rio Sucio, F. C. Lehmann 1236 (Holotype B, destroyed). Maxillaria striatella Kraenzl., Feddes. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24:359. 1928. TYPE: Guatemala.

Maxillaria vaginalis Rchb.f., Beitr. Orchid.-K. C. Amer. 77. 1866. TYPE: Costa Rica, Desengaño, Wendland 1247 (Holotype: W). Camaridium wercklei Schltr., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:58--59. 1923. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Cristobal, Wercklé 5 (Drawing of type: AMES)

Maxillaria valenzuelana (A. Rich.) Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34:121. 1907. Pleurothallis valenzuelana A. Rich., Sagra, Hist. fis. Cuba 11:234. 1850. TYPE: Cuba, Valenzuela, Wright 3314 (Holotype: P?). Marsupiaria valenzuelana (A. Rich.) Garay in Arq. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 12: 183. 1952. Dicrypta iridifolia Bateman ex Rchb.f. Bonplandia 2:16. 1854. TYPE: Cuba, Poeppig (Holotype: W). Maxillaria iridifolia (Bateman ex Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia 2:16. 1854. Dicrypta irisphyta Barb.Rodr., Gen & Sp. Orch. Nov. 1:126. 1877. TYPE: Brazil, Minas Gerais (Martius, C. F. P. von et al. 1896. Flora brasiliensis 3(6): t. 17, fig. 2). Marsupiaria iridifolia Hoehne, Arq. Bot. Est. São Paulo n. s. 2, pt. 4:71. 1947.

Maxillaria valerioi Ames & C.Schweinf., Sched. Orch. 10: 96--97. 1930. TYPE: Costa Rica, Prov. of Cartago, vicinity of Pejivalle, Standley & Valerio 46940 (Holotype: AMES; Isotype: US).

Maxillaria variabilis Bateman ex Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: sub. t. 1986. 1837. TYPE: Mexico. Maxillaria curtipes Hook. f., Ic. Pl. 4: t. 384. 1841. TYPE: Guatemala J. Parkinson (Holotype: K). ?Maxillaria chiriquensis Schltr. Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17:68. 1922. TYPE: Panama, Chiriqui, ca. 4000 ft., Powell 125 (Isotypes: AMES, US; drawing of type: AMES).

Maxillaria vittariifolia L.O.Williams, Ceiba 4:38. 1953. TYPE: Costa Rica, Puntarenas, El General Valley C. H. Lankester 1581 (Holotype: US; Isotypes: AMES, SEL). Maxillaria linearis L.O.Williams, name, not M. linearis C.Schweinf.

Maxillaria wercklei (Schltr.) L.O.Williams, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27:284. 1940. TYPE: Costa Rica, San Pedro de San Ramón, Wercklé 61 (not found).

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