Skottsbergiliana partita H. St. John , Pacific Sci. 28: 460. 1974.
Type information:
Holotype
[GB]. O. Degener 9896. 18 August 1926. Hawai`i: 20 mi from Waimea toward Kona, `a`a desert along road. Isotype(s)
[NY!].
Note: St. John apparently considered O. Degener 9896 to be a mixed collection, as he added an "A" to the collection number of a sheet at NY and annotated it as Skottsbergiliana lasiocephala at the same time he annotated the other NY sheet as an isotype of S. partita. NY sheet is ex herb. Degener.
=Sicyos lasiocephalus
Note: St. John apparently considered O. Degener 9896 to be a mixed collection, as he added an "A" to the collection number of a sheet at NY and annotated it as Skottsbergiliana lasiocephala at the same time he annotated the other NY sheet as an isotype of S. partita. NY sheet is ex herb. Degener.
*Verification: Telford, I.R.H. 1989. Phytologia 67:209-213; Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon, 1999. Novon 9:441-447.