Astelia veratroides Gaudich. var. gracilis Skottsb., Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 117: 28. 1934.
Type information:
Holotype
[US]. A.A. Heller 2903. 2 November 1895. O`ahu: on and near summit of Konahuanui. Isotype(s)
[GH, MO!, NY [mfc!]].
Note: Collection 2903, pro parte. Another collection distributed under Heller 2903 was made on the slopes of Konahuanui above Manoa, 2-5 November (F), and was cited by Skottsberg as a paratype. Although the F sheet may have been collected on the same date, it was collected at a different locality. Skottsberg erroneously cited date of F paratype as 25 November. Heller did not cite this collection date.
=Astelia menziesiana
Note: Collection 2903, pro parte. Another collection distributed under Heller 2903 was made on the slopes of Konahuanui above Manoa, 2-5 November (F), and was cited by Skottsberg as a paratype. Although the F sheet may have been collected on the same date, it was collected at a different locality. Skottsberg erroneously cited date of F paratype as 25 November. Heller did not cite this collection date.
*Verification: Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon. 1999. Brittonia 51:422-438.