Halophila ovalis (R. Br.) Hook. f. subsp. hawaiiana (Doty & B. C. Stone) Hartog, Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Tweede Sect. 59(1): 251. 1970.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information Halophila hawaiiana Doty & B. C. Stone , Brittonia 18: 303 1966.
Maui. 9 September 1955. T. Matsui s.n..
Holotype
[BISH].