Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. f. f. pubescens (Skottsb.) Fosberg, Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 15(10): 129. 1939.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information Maba sandwicensis A. DC. var. pubescens Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 2: 257 1926.
Hawai`i: Ka`u, between Pahala and Na`alehu, [on lava fields]. 21 September 1922. C. Skottsberg 605b.
Lectotype
[BISH]. Lectotypified in H. St. John. Phytologia 59: 396. 1986.
=Diospyros sandwicensis
*Verification: R.K. Shannon.
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Note: Published simultaneously with D. ferrea var. pubescens.