| Name | Maxillaria confusa Ames & C. Schweinfurth |
| Authorship | Ames & C. Schweinfurth |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Maxillaria Ruiz & Pavon |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:643376-1 |
| Citation | 1925 Sched. Orchid. 8: 57 |
| Holdings | 5 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Maxillaria confusa Ames & C. Schweinfurth |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2), 1994 (1), 2013 (1), 2017 (1) |