Pelea microcarpa A. Heller , Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 839. 1897.
Type information:
Lectotype
[US]. A.A. Heller 2636. 2-9 September 1895. Kaua`i: Kaholuamanoa [Kaholuamanu], above Waimea.4000ft.
Lectotypified in W. L. Wagner & R. K. Shannon. Brittonia 51: 436. 1999.
Note: Additional syntypes: Hanapepe and Wahiawa watershed, 29 July (K [photo BISH!], MIN!, NY! [mfc]); ridge W of Hanapepe River, 22 August (US!); Kaholuamanoa [Kaholuamanu], above Waimea, 10-16 September (BISH! [2]). Heller did not cite a date. Date unknown for specimens at AC, CU, E, K [photo BISH], P. Stone (1969) cited Heller 2636 as the type collection, but did not cite a holotype or designate a lectotype.
=Melicope clusiifolia
Note: Additional syntypes: Hanapepe and Wahiawa watershed, 29 July (K [photo BISH!], MIN!, NY! [mfc]); ridge W of Hanapepe River, 22 August (US!); Kaholuamanoa [Kaholuamanu], above Waimea, 10-16 September (BISH! [2]). Heller did not cite a date. Date unknown for specimens at AC, CU, E, K [photo BISH], P. Stone (1969) cited Heller 2636 as the type collection, but did not cite a holotype or designate a lectotype.
*Verification: Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon. 1999. Brittonia 51:422-438.