Pelea clusiaefolia A. Gray var. pickeringii (H. St. John) B. C. Stone, Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 23(10): 148. 1966.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information Pelea pickeringii H. St. John , Lloydia 7: 266 1944.
Hawai`i: [Puna region]. 1840. U. S. Expl. Exped. s.n..
Holotype
[GH].
=Melicope clusiifolia