Platydesma campanulata H. Mann var. pallida Hillebr., Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 71. 1888.
Type information:
Neotype
[BISH]. O. Degener 8615. Maui: woods above Olinda near Ukulele.
Neotypified in H. St. John. J. Arnold Arboretum 43: 420. 1962. Isoneotype(s)
[MASS!].
Note: Syntypes: "O`ahu! Ka`ala; E. Maui! Hamakua (Lydg.)" -- all probably destroyed (former in B). Photo of O`ahu syntype BISH!. Borrow sheet from GH--if it is a Hillebrand collection from Ka`ala, then neotypification is superfluous.
=Melicope spathulata
Note: Syntypes: "O`ahu! Ka`ala; E. Maui! Hamakua (Lydg.)" -- all probably destroyed (former in B). Photo of O`ahu syntype BISH!. Borrow sheet from GH--if it is a Hillebrand collection from Ka`ala, then neotypification is superfluous.
*Verification: R.K. Shannon, W.L. Wagner.