Kadua cordata Cham. & Schltdl. var. secundiflora Hillebr., Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 162. 1888.
Type information:
Lectotype [B]. J. M. Lydgate s.n.. s.d.. O`ahu: Waianae Mts., Mt. Ka`ala, ("Makaleha").
Lectotypified in Fosberg. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 174: 34. 1943.

Note: Additional syntype: "W. Maui!" Fosberg effectively lectotypified by referring to O`ahu collection as type. Makaleha sheet has Lydgate's name on label, although Hillebrand does not attribute collection to Lydgate.

=Kadua cordata subsp. cordata
Note: Additional syntype: "W. Maui!" Fosberg effectively lectotypified by referring to O`ahu collection as type. Makaleha sheet has Lydgate's name on label, although Hillebrand does not attribute collection to Lydgate.

*Verification: R.K. Shannon, W.L. Wagner.