Sesbania hobdyi O. Deg. & I. Deg. , Phytologia 39: 154. 1978. Type information: Holotype [NY]. O. Degener , I. Degener and & R. W. Hobdy 24187. 21 August 1957. Lana`i: west of Kuahua Gulch.230m. Isotype(s) [MASS!].