Mucuna sloanei Fawc. & Rendle var. persericea Wilmot-Dear, Kew Bulletin 45: 27. 1990. Type information: Holotype [K]. O. Degener and H. Wielke 2286. 19 July 1927. Maui: Keanae Valley. Isotype(s) [A, BISH, NY, US!].