Rhus chinensis Mill. var. sandwicensis (A. Gray) O. Deg. & Greenwell, Fl. Hawaiiensis, fam. 196. Rhus chinensis var. sandwicensis. 1949.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym Type Information Rhus sandwicensis A. Gray , U. S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 369 1854.
O`ahu: in the mountains behind Honolulu [Ko`olau Mountains]. s.d.. J. Diell s.n..
Lectotype
[US]. Lectotypified in H. St. John. Rhodora 87: 573. 1985.
Note: Additional syntypes: Hawai`i, near Hilo, forests, U.S. Expl. Exped. s.n.; Hawai`i, Byron's Bay [Hilo], Macrae s.n.; O`ahu, Gaudichaud s.n.