Pelea oahuensis H. Lév. , Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 442. 1912.
Type information: Neotype
[BISH]. B.C. Stone and G.A. Pearsall 3282. 26 March 1960. O`ahu: Wai`anae Mts, Kunia trail. Neotypified in Stone. Phan. Mon. 3: 126. 1969.
Note: No type designated by Léveillé; syntypes cited - Faurie 11, 217, 217bis (O`ahu, Kaliki, X 1909). BISH has the only known sheet of any of the syntypes, Faurie 217. A lectotypification should be published to overturn Stone's neotypification.
=Melicope oahuensis
Note: No type designated by Léveillé; syntypes cited - Faurie 11, 217, 217bis (O`ahu, Kaliki, X 1909). BISH has the only known sheet of any of the syntypes, Faurie 217. A lectotypification should be published to overturn Stone's neotypification.
*Verification: R.K. Shannon, W.L. Wagner.
Pelea oahuensis H. Lév. var. lucens (Hillebr.) B. C. Stone, Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 23(10): 153. 1966.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information Pelea sandwicensis (Hook. & Arn.) A. Gray var. lucens Hillebr., Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 67 1888.
O`ahu: Ka`ala Range (Makaleha). July 1859. W. Hillebrand s.n..
Holotype
[B]. Isotype(s)
[MEL [photo BISH]].
Note: Stone's lectotypification (Pacific Sci. 16: 373. 1962) on Mann & Brigham 208 is superfluous.