Pelea waimeaensis H. St. John , Lloydia 7: 273. 1944.
Type information:
Holotype [B]. V. Knudsen 38. Kaua`i: [Waimea Mts.].

Note: Known only from type collection. St. John annotated the B sheet as "Pelea hillebrandii St. John n. sp. Type" in 1935, but apparently realized that name was a homonym and published the new species as P. waimeaensis instead.

=Melicope peduncularis
Note: Known only from type collection. St. John annotated the B sheet as "Pelea hillebrandii St. John n. sp. Type" in 1935, but apparently realized that name was a homonym and published the new species as P. waimeaensis instead.

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