Charpentiera obovata Gaudich. var. elliptica Hillebr., Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 375. 1888.
Type information:
Lectotype Kaua`i: pl. 44 in Sinclair, 1885, Indigenous flowers of the Hawaiian Islands.
Lectotypified in Wagner, et al.. Bishop Mus., Occas. Pap. 26: 107. 1986.

Note: Sohmer (1972) superfluously named Heller 2781 as neotype. Additional syntypes: Kauai (B, presumably destroyed); Maui (B, presumably destroyed, fragment BISH!)

=Charpentiera elliptica
Note: Sohmer (1972) superfluously named Heller 2781 as neotype. Additional syntypes: Kauai (B, presumably destroyed); Maui (B, presumably destroyed, fragment BISH!)

*Verification: Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst, & S.H. Sohmer. 1986. Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 26:102-122.

Charpentiera obovata Gaudich. var. elliptica Hillebr., Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 375. 1888.
Type information:
Neotype [BISH]. A.A. Heller 2781. 30 August 1895. Kaua`i: above Waimea, Kaholuamanoa [Kaholuamanu].4000ft.
Neotypified in Sohmer. Brittonia 24: 294. 1972. Isoneotype(s) [A, GH, NY, P, US!].

Note: Superfluous neotypification, as there is extant original material. See typification by Wagner et al., 1986.

=Charpentiera elliptica
Note: Superfluous neotypification, as there is extant original material. See typification by Wagner et al., 1986.

*Verification: Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon. 1999. Brittonia 51:422-438.