Cheirodendron helleri Sherff , Bot. Leafl. 5: 13. 1951.
Type information:
Holotype [US]. A.A. Heller 2496. 22 August 1895. Kaua`i: ridge west of Hanapepe R., [about two-thirds the distance from Hanapepe Bay to summit of Mt. Waialeale].3000ft. Isotype(s) [MO!].

Note: Collection 2496, pro parte. Sherff cited other collections distributed under Heller 2496 colelcted on 4 July (MIN!, NY, P, UC) and 11 July (BISH, CU [photo F]) as paratypes, but clearly designated only the 22 August collection as the holotype and isotype. A specimen with this number is at K, but the date needs to be checked. BISH sheet was missing September 1997.

=Cheirodendron trigynum subsp. helleri
Note: Collection 2496, pro parte. Sherff cited other collections distributed under Heller 2496 colelcted on 4 July (MIN!, NY, P, UC) and 11 July (BISH, CU [photo F]) as paratypes, but clearly designated only the 22 August collection as the holotype and isotype. A specimen with this number is at K, but the date needs to be checked. BISH sheet was missing September 1997.

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

Cheirodendron helleri Sherff var. microcarpum Sherff, Bot. Leafl. 5: 14. 1951.
Type information:
Holotype [UC]. A.M. Alexander and L. Kellogg 5197. 7 March 1947. Kaua`i: trail from Kalalau [Kilohana] Lookout.4000ft. Isotype(s) [BISH!].

Note: RKS examined BISH sheet

=Cheirodendron trigynum subsp. helleri
Note: RKS examined BISH sheet

*Verification: R.K. Shannon.

Cheirodendron helleri Sherff var. multiflorum (Skottsb.) Sherff, Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 40. 1954. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Cheirodendron trigynum (Gaudich.) A. Heller var. multiflorum Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 15: 416 1944.
Kaua`i: Lehua makanoe bog, Alakai, in forest. 1200 m. 16 August 1938. L.M. Cranwell, O.F. Selling and C. Skottsberg 2966.
Lectotype [GB]. Lectotypified in Sherff, E. E.. Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 40. 1954.
=Cheirodendron trigynum subsp. helleri

*Verification: None.
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*Verification: D.M. Mix.

Cheirodendron helleri Sherff var. sodalium Sherff, Bot. Leafl. 6: 6. 1952.
Type information:
Holotype [S]. F. Fagerlind and C. Skottsberg 6489. 5 March 1948. Kaua`i: Wahiawa Swamp, near forest margin.600m.
=Cheirodendron trigynum subsp. helleri

*Verification: None.