Phyllostegia orientalis H. St. John , Phytologia 63: 179. 1987.
Type information:
Holotype [BISH]. F.R. Warshauer 2535. 18 May 1985. Maui: East Maui, gulch next to base camp ridge, USFWS Forest Bird Survey.6300ft.
=Phyllostegia ambigua

*Verification: Wagner, W.L. 1999. Novon 9:265-279.