Taxonomie : D'après R. Jenny (
in Boggan
et al. 1992) ce nom est synonyme de
Peristeria rossiana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 5:
8. 1889.
Type : "This interesting
Peristeria was collected by the intrepid collector M. Bungeroth, on the declivities of the Sierra de Maracawa, one of the most elevated mountains of the Parama chain, in Venezuela, and flowered in the collection of l'Horticulture Internationale, Parc Léopold, Brussels, during last summer." [Lindenia [English], 1:
11-
12,
pl. 267. 1891].
Venezuela, T.F. Amazonas, Cerro Marahuaka, envoyé par M. Bungeroth, floraison pendant l'été 1890 au parc Léopold (Bruxelles) (HT:
K000588899 [
Peristeria selligera Rchb.f. 1887, det. G. Gerlach 01/1994]).