Pelea knudsenii Hillebr. , Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 70. 1888.
Type information: Holotype
[B]. V. Knudsen 210. s.d.. Kaua`i: Waimea.1500ft.
Note: Hillebrand's label on the B sheet says "Pelea villosa Hbd.," a name he apparently never published. RKS examined the specimen at BISH
=Melicope knudsenii
Note: Hillebrand's label on the B sheet says "Pelea villosa Hbd.," a name he apparently never published. RKS examined the specimen at BISH
*Verification: R.K. Shannon.
Pelea knudsenii Hillebr. var. multiflora (Rock) Rock, Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 65: 266. 1918.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information Pelea multiflora Rock , Coll. Hawaii Publ. Bull. 1: 14 1911.
Maui: East Maui, [district of] Kahikinui, [Haleakala], [lava fields of] Auahi. October 1910. J. F. Rock 8646.
Holotype
[BISH]. Isotype(s)
[BISH! [4], US].
Note: Publication gives collection date as Nov. 1910; four specimens at BISH say Oct. and one says Nov. RKS examined specimens at BISH