Pelea clusiaefolia A. Gray subsp. cookeana (Rock) B. C. Stone, Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 23(10): 149. 1966.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information Pelea cookeana Rock , Indig. trees Haw. Isl. 216 1913.
Moloka`i: swamp forest above Kamoku camp. 1220 m. 23 March 1910. J. F. Rock 6262.
Holotype
[BISH].
Note: Holotype (BISH) not found, 3/97. There is a sheet at BISH labeled 6162, collected on the same date, that WLW says may be 6162, but he thinks it is from a slightly different locality (RKS)