Pelea clusiaefolia A. Gray var. cookeana (Rock) H. St. John & Hume, in St. John, Lloydia 7: 265. 1944.
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)