Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information Pelea oblongifolia A. Gray , Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 50 1853.
Hawai`i: Puna district, Lua Pele crater. 800 to 1000 ft. 1840. U. S. Expl. Exped. s.n..
Lectotype
[US]. Lectotypified in B. C. Stone. Phan. Mongr. 3: 81. 1969.
Note: Also published as "sp. nov." in U. S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 343. 1854. Gray did not cite any localities in the original publication, but cited four localities in the Phanerogamia. Additional syntypes: Hawai`i, Mauna Kea, margins of Bullock Plains, forest; Kaua`i ? (foliage only); O`ahu, mts behind Honolulu.