Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information Kadua formosa Hillebr. , Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 165 1888.
Maui: Ka`anapali and Waihe`e. 1870. W. Hillebrand s.n..
Lectotype
[B]. Isolectotype(s)
[K, MEL [photo BISH]]. Lectotypified in Fosberg. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 174: 26. 1943.
Note: Additional syntypes: valley of Waihee, Aug. 1870, Hillebrand; Kaanapali, Hillebrand and Lydgate; Honokawai Gulch in Kaanapali, Hillebrand; Lahaina, Hillebrand.