A key to the subspecies of Schizochilus cecili
| 1a | Spur less than 0.6 mm long; flowers white with a yellow lip | subsp. transvaalensis |
| 2a | Spur more than 0.6 mm long; flowers yellow | subsp. culveri |
| 3a | subsp. cecilii |
World Checklist of Monocotyledons. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots/ accessed 28/12/2014
