| Name | Polystachya simplex Rendle | 
| Authorship | Rendle | 
| Rank | Species | 
| Placed in | Polystachya Hooker | 
| Citation | 1895 J. Bot. 33: 199 | 
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Polystachya simplex Rendle | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |