Nototrichium sandwicense (A. Gray) Hillebr. var. decipiens Sherff, Bot. Leafl. 2: 2. 1950.
Type information:
Holotype
[US]. A.A. Heller 2831. 24 September 1895. Kaua`i: [on ridge up to Kaholuamanu] Kaholuamanoa, [between forks of Waimea River], on open exposed slope.2500ft. Isotype(s)
[BISH!, MO! [photo F], NY [mfc!, photos BISH!, F], Z].
Note: Collection 2831, pro parte. Three collections were distributed under Heller 2831 (see discussion under Nototrichium fulvum). Sherff used collection made 24-30 September from the slope locality as the type for this name. This collection also serves as the type for N. fulvum Schinz. Another collection made in the canyon in a shaded site is the type for N. sandwicense var. helleri Sherff. Another collection numbered Heller 2831, not part of the type of any of these names, was made on 10-16 September, but annotated and cited as isotypes by Sherff.
=Nototrichium sandwicense
Note: Collection 2831, pro parte. Three collections were distributed under Heller 2831 (see discussion under Nototrichium fulvum). Sherff used collection made 24-30 September from the slope locality as the type for this name. This collection also serves as the type for N. fulvum Schinz. Another collection made in the canyon in a shaded site is the type for N. sandwicense var. helleri Sherff. Another collection numbered Heller 2831, not part of the type of any of these names, was made on 10-16 September, but annotated and cited as isotypes by Sherff.
*Verification: Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon. 1999. Brittonia 51:422-438.