Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information Pelea auriculaefolia A. Gray , Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 50 1853.
Hawai`i: forests on flank of Mauna Kea. 1840. U. S. Expl. Exped. s.n..
Holotype
[US].
Note: Also published as "sp. nov." in U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 343. 1854.