Pelea orbicularis Hillebr. , Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 67. 1888.
Type information:
Lectotype [B]. J. M. Lydgate 110. Maui: West Maui, Mt. Eka [`Eke].
Lectotypified in Stone. Phan. Monogr. 3: 83. 1969. Isolectotype(s) [MEL [photo BISH]].

Note: See neotypification. Additional syntype: O`ahu, top of Mt. Kaala, Mann & Brigham s.n (CU).

=Melicope orbicularis
Note: See neotypification. Additional syntype: O`ahu, top of Mt. Kaala, Mann & Brigham s.n (CU).

*Verification: R.K. Shannon, W.L. Wagner.

Pelea orbicularis Hillebr. , Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 67. 1888.
Type information:
Neotype [BISH]. J. F. Rock 8154. 24 August 1910. Maui: Pu`ukukui.1830m.
Neotypified in Stone. Phan. Monogr. 3: 84. 1969.

Note: Lectotype Maui, summit of Mt. `Eke, J. M. Lydgate 110, in B, presumably destroyed, fragment BISH!, photo BISH!.

=Melicope orbicularis
Note: Lectotype Maui, summit of Mt. `Eke, J. M. Lydgate 110, in B, presumably destroyed, fragment BISH!, photo BISH!.

*Verification: R.K. Shannon, W.L. Wagner.

Pelea orbicularis Hillebr. var. tonsa H. St. John & E.P. Hume, in St. John, Lloydia 7: 270. 1944.
Type information:
Holotype [BISH]. C.N. Forbes 89.M. June 1910. Maui: `Iao Valley, [above Wailuku].

Note: Holotype missing, 2/1997 (RKS)

=Melicope orbicularis
Note: Holotype missing, 2/1997 (RKS)

*Verification: None.