| Name | Maxillaria elatior (H. G. Reichenbach) H. G. Reichenbach | 
| Authorship | (Reichenbach f.) Reichenbach f. | 
| Rank | Species | 
| Placed in | Maxillaria Ruiz & Pavon | 
| Citation | 1863 Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6(4): 532 | 
| Holdings | 6 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Maxillaria elatior (H. G. Reichenbach) H. G. Reichenbach | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (4), 1941 (1), 2016 (1) |