Cyanea superba (Cham.) A. Gray var. velutina Rock, Monogr. Stud. Haw. Lobelioid. 157. 1919.
Type information:
Lectotype [MEL]. W. Hillebrand s.n.. March 1870. O`ahu: [gulches on the eastern slope of Mt. Ka`ala].
Lectotypified in Lammers. Taxon 43: 565. 1994.

Note: Rock's holotype (B) destroyed.

=Cyanea superba subsp. superba
Note: Rock's holotype (B) destroyed.

*Verification: T.G. Lammers.