Gouania lydgatei H. St. John , Pacific Sci. 23: 524. 1969.
Type information:
Holotype [BISH]. J. M. Lydgate 134. Maui: East Maui, [lower part of] Kula. Isotype(s) [B [PD, photo BISH!], BISH!, K].

Note: St. John provided name for Hillebrand's unnamed var. beta of Oliver's G. hillebrandii. The K sheet numbered as 125.

=Gouania hillebrandii
Note: St. John provided name for Hillebrand's unnamed var. beta of Oliver's G. hillebrandii. The K sheet numbered as 125.

*Verification: R.K. Shannon.