Pittosporum hosmeri Rock var. saint-johnii Sherff, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 413. 1941.
Type information:
Holotype
[BISH]. H. St. John , J.W. Coulter and E. Y. Hashimoto, & D. D. Mitchell 11442. 30 December 1931. Hawai`i: Pu`uwa`awa`a, Pu`u Hualalai.4000ft. Isotype(s)
[B, BISH! [2], F, K, UC, US].
Note: Additional syntype: Hawai`i, Kilauea, Mauna Loa, beyond Puaulu, July 1911, Rock 10074 (BISH! [2]). Published as "longifolia;" Herbst corrected the spelling to "longifolium" in the appendix to the reprinted edition (p. 513).
=Pittosporum hosmeri
Note: Additional syntype: Hawai`i, Kilauea, Mauna Loa, beyond Puaulu, July 1911, Rock 10074 (BISH! [2]). Published as "longifolia;" Herbst corrected the spelling to "longifolium" in the appendix to the reprinted edition (p. 513).
*Verification: R.K. Shannon; Haas, J.E. 1977. Allertonia 1:73-167.