Epidendrum aloifolium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 953. 1753.

"Habitat in Malabariae arboribus, parasitica." RCN: 6893.

Lectotype (Seth in Kew Bull. 37: 399. 1982): [icon] " Kansjirammaravara " in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 12: 17, t. 8. 1693.

Current name: Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw. ( Orchidaceae).