Basionym: — Surirella tayronarum Medina Tombé, Sala, Vouilloud & Ramírez Restrepo 2016 in Medina Tombé, M.F., Sala, S.E., Vouilloud, A.A. & Ramírez Restrepo, J.J. Phytotaxa 278: 41, figs 1–31.
Type locality: — COLOMBIA. Department of Magdalena: Ciénaga, Congo River, 10º 59’ 21.6” N, 74º 4’ 1.6” W (Medina Tombé et al. 2016).