Stenogyne rhuakos H. St. John , Phytologia 63: 166. 1987.
Type information:
Holotype [US]. U. S. Expl. Exped. s.n.. Hawai`i: Great Crater [Kilauea].

Note: St. John published type as being at BISH, but the number he cited is a US sheet; apparently there is no BISH sheet.

=Stenogyne rugosa
Note: St. John published type as being at BISH, but the number he cited is a US sheet; apparently there is no BISH sheet.

*Verification: R.K. Shannon, W.L. Wagner.