Phyllostegia pubens H. St. John , Phytologia 63: 180. 1987.
Type information:
Holotype [BISH]. F.R. Warshauer and P.H. McEldowney 2477. 31 July 1979. Hawai`i: South Kohala Dist., Kohala Mts. along Kehena Ditch, USFWS Forest Bird Survey transect 78(15), wet `ohi`a forest.4200ft. Isotype(s) [BISH!].
=Phyllostegia vestita