Pelea lakae B. C. Stone , Pacific Sci. 17: 413. 1963.
Type information:
Holotype [BISH]. B.C. Stone and A.K. Chock 3655. 17 September 1961. O`ahu: Ko`olau Mts., Pupukea, edge of small, boggy area.2000ft. Isotype(s) [BISH! [2], K, US].

Note: There may be more isotypes, as duplicates had not yet been distributed at time of publication. Isotypes cited in pub. as at K, US, but no sheet found at US. Is there a sheet at K, or do isotypes at BISH represent specimens that were supposed to go to US and K? RKS examined the specimens at BISH

=Melicope wawraeana
Note: There may be more isotypes, as duplicates had not yet been distributed at time of publication. Isotypes cited in pub. as at K, US, but no sheet found at US. Is there a sheet at K, or do isotypes at BISH represent specimens that were supposed to go to US and K? RKS examined the specimens at BISH

*Verification: R.K. Shannon.