Lipochaeta alata Sherff , Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 95: 81. 1933.
Type information:
Holotype [F]. A.A. Heller 2563. 12 July 1895. Kaua`i: along the Hanapepe River, near the Falls. Isotype(s) [GH, NY [mfc!, photo F!]].

Note: Collection 2563, pro parte. Other collections distributed under Heller 2563 were made 2-8 July (US!), 13 July (A), and 21 October (BISH! [5]), and are not primary type material. Heller (1897:920) mentions a date range from July to August. He also specifically describes a plant with thinner, sharper serrated leaves from three miles above the first station. Thus at least two localities and four dates are involved with the material distributed under this collection number. Sherff saw specimens of the higher locality and cited them in the protologue as Heller 2563a (F,G); as we have not seen these, it is not known what date they were collected or who added the "a." None of the BISH sheets cited by Sherff were annontated by him, and although St. John considered them isotypes they are not. A possible isotype is at P. (date not known).

=Lipochaeta connata subsp. connata
Note: Collection 2563, pro parte. Other collections distributed under Heller 2563 were made 2-8 July (US!), 13 July (A), and 21 October (BISH! [5]), and are not primary type material. Heller (1897:920) mentions a date range from July to August. He also specifically describes a plant with thinner, sharper serrated leaves from three miles above the first station. Thus at least two localities and four dates are involved with the material distributed under this collection number. Sherff saw specimens of the higher locality and cited them in the protologue as Heller 2563a (F,G); as we have not seen these, it is not known what date they were collected or who added the "a." None of the BISH sheets cited by Sherff were annontated by him, and although St. John considered them isotypes they are not. A possible isotype is at P. (date not known).

*Verification: Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon. 1999. Brittonia 51:422-438.

Lipochaeta alata Sherff var. acrior Sherff, Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 95: 82. 1933.
Type information:
Holotype [US]. U. S. Expl. Exped. s.n.. 1840. Kaua`i: s.l.. Isotype(s) [GH [photo F!], US!].
=Lipochaeta connata subsp. connata

*Verification: W.L. Wagner.

Lipochaeta alata Sherff var. pulchrior Sherff, Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 20(1): 20. 1949.
Type information:
Holotype [GB]. F. Fagerlind and C. Skottsberg 6635. 15 March 1948. Kaua`i: Puehu Ridge, along Koke`e road. Isotype(s) [F!].

Note: Gardner (1979) erroneously cites this as a nom. nud.

=Lipochaeta connata subsp. connata
Note: Gardner (1979) erroneously cites this as a nom. nud.

*Verification: R.K. Shannon.