Chamaesyce celastroides (Boiss.) Croizat & O. Deg. var. laehiensis (O. Deg., I. Deg. & Sherff) Koutnik, Brittonia 37: 398. 1985.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information Euphorbia celastroides Boiss. var. laehiensis O. Deg., I. Deg. & Sherff, in Sherff, Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 23(7): 122 1964.
Lana`i: Laehi, only on calcareous, rounded slope. 100 ft. 26 January 1964. O. Degener and I. Degener 28760.
Holotype
[F]. Isotype(s)
[A, B, BISH!, CU, E, F, G, K, L MASS!, MICH, MIN, NY [mfc!], MO!, US!].
Note: Koutnik (1985) erroneously published type as Degener & Degener 28375 (RKS, 8/95). Label on MO sheet indicates that Degener & Degener made the combination in Chamaesyce--check lit. to confirm that it was not published by them. Koutnik, D.L. 1985. Brittonia 37:397-399