Section Bilobulatae Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 34, 1 (1980) 17 (section of Flickingeria)
Section Crinifera Pfitzer in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. II, 6 (1889) 175 (section of Dendrobium)
Genus Desmotrichum Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 329
Section Desmotrichum (Blume) Rchb.f. in Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 1 (1849) 778 (section of Dendrobium)
Genus Ephemerantha P.F.Hunt & Summerh., Taxon 10 (1961) 102
Section Plicatiles Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 34, 1 (1980) 16 (section of Flickingeria)