Pelea wawraeana Rock , Indig. trees Haw. Isl. 231. 1913.
Type information: Holotype
[HAW]. J. F. Rock and E.A. Black 10220. 2 February 1913. O`ahu: Manoa Cliff Trail. Isotype(s)
[GH! [photos BISH!, fragment BISH!]].
=Melicope wawraeana
*Verification: R.K. Shannon, W.L. Wagner.
Pelea wawraeana Rock var. pubens H. St. John, Lloydia 7: 273. 1944.
Type information: Holotype
[BISH]. E.P. Hume 157. 12 April 1931. O`ahu: Ka`a`awa, N ridge.575m.
Note: RKS examined the specimen at BISH
=Melicope wawraeana
Note: RKS examined the specimen at BISH
*Verification: R.K. Shannon.
Pelea wawraeana Rock var. tenuifolia (Hillebr. ex Rock) H. St. John & Hume, in St. John, Lloydia 7: 273. 1944.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information
Note: St. John and Hume made their combination based on the mistaken notion that Rock had published the combination Pelea sandwicensis var. tenuifolia (Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 65: 265. 1918). Rock was merely referring to the annotations on the Hillebrand collections as a way to distinguish between the specimens he was discussing. See Stone's discussion (Pacific Science 16: 372. 1962).
*Verification: R.K. Shannon, W.L. Wagner.
Pelea wawraeana Rock var. ternifolia B. C. Stone, Pacific Sci. 16: 372. 1962.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information
Note: Not validly published. Stone based his name on Hillebrand's P. sandwicensis gamma var. (Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 67. 1888), but did not provide the necessary Latin.