Claoxylon helleri Sherff , Amer. J. Bot. 24: 88. 1937.
Type information:
Holotype [F]. A.A. Heller 2878. 11-16 October 1895. Kaua`i: Kaholuamanoa [Kaholuamanu], [edge of plateau] above Waimea. Isotype(s) [A, GH, BISH!, MO!, US!].

Note: Collection 2878, pro parte. Other collections distributed under Heller 2878 were made 10-16 September (BISH!), and is not type material as it was not cited by Sherff in the protologue. The labels on at least some of the specimens give the more general date of 11-16 October. Probable isotypes (cited by Sherff): B [presumably destroyed], K, P.

=Claoxylon sandwicense
Note: Collection 2878, pro parte. Other collections distributed under Heller 2878 were made 10-16 September (BISH!), and is not type material as it was not cited by Sherff in the protologue. The labels on at least some of the specimens give the more general date of 11-16 October. Probable isotypes (cited by Sherff): B [presumably destroyed], K, P.

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