Alectryon macrococcus Radlk. , Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 20: 255. 1890.
Type information:
Lectotype [K]. W. Hillebrand s.n.. Moloka`i: on the pali of Kalaupapa.
Lectotypified in Linney. Pacific Sci. 41: 71. 1987[1988]. Isolectotype(s) [BISH! [2]].

Note: See St. John & Frederick (Pacific Sci. 3: 296-301. 1949) for lectotypification overturned by Linney (Other syntype: O`ahu, SW slopes of Mt. Kaala, left branch of Makaleha, Hillebrand s.n., B, destroyed)

=Alectryon macrococcus var. macrococcus
Note: See St. John & Frederick (Pacific Sci. 3: 296-301. 1949) for lectotypification overturned by Linney (Other syntype: O`ahu, SW slopes of Mt. Kaala, left branch of Makaleha, Hillebrand s.n., B, destroyed)

*Verification: W.L. Wagner.

Alectryon macrococcus Radlk. var. auwahiensis Linney, Pacific Sci. 41: 73. 1987.
Type information:
Holotype [BISH]. E.L. Little 31122. 26 August 1976. Maui: East Maui, 8 mi E of `Ulupalakua.3000 to 3500ft.

Note: Check for isotype in regular collection at US; there was a lot of Little material in the mounting backlog at MSC that is now in the collection, and this may not have been caught as an isotype (RKS 1/95).

=Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis
Note: Check for isotype in regular collection at US; there was a lot of Little material in the mounting backlog at MSC that is now in the collection, and this may not have been caught as an isotype (RKS 1/95).

*Verification: R.K. Shannon.