Lipochaeta profusa Sherff , Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 95: 95. 1933.
Type information:
Holotype [K]. I. Sinclair s.n.. January 1885. Kaua`i/Ni`ihau: s.l..

Note: Date cited by Sherff is the date the specimen was received at K, not the date of collection. Sherff cited island as Hawaii, but see St. John's analysis of locality (Pacific Sci. 8: 144. 1954).

=Lipochaeta connata subsp. connata
Note: Date cited by Sherff is the date the specimen was received at K, not the date of collection. Sherff cited island as Hawaii, but see St. John's analysis of locality (Pacific Sci. 8: 144. 1954).

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

Lipochaeta profusa Sherff var. robustior O. Deg. & Sherff, in Sherff, Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 95: 96. 1933.
Type information:
Holotype [F]. O. Degener 4185. 18 July 1932. Kaua`i: 2 mi from Kekaha, in lowlands. Isotype(s) [K].
=Lipochaeta connata subsp. connata

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