Type Information
Charpentiera obovata Gaudich. var. ovata (Gaudich.) Wawra, Flora 58: (184-192) 1875.
*Verification: None.
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Charpentiera obovata Gaudich. , Voy. Uranie 444. 1829, pl. 48 1826.
O`ahu, s.l.. 1817- 1820. Gaudichaud-Beaupré s.n..
Holotype
[P].
Note: Sohmer has seen photo of type. For discussion of date of publ. see St. John (Taxon 34: 663-5. 1985).
*Verification: None.
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Charpentiera obovata Gaudich. f. grandifolia Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44: 38 1938.
Note: Not validly published, no Latin description.
*Verification: W.L. Wagner.
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Charpentiera obovata Gaudich. f. parvifolia Suess., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44: 38 1938.
Note: Not validly published, no Latin description.
*Verification: W.L. Wagner.
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Charpentiera obovata Gaudich. var. elliptica Hillebr., Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 375 1888.
Kaua`i, pl. 44 in Sinclair, 1885, Indigenous flowers of the Hawaiian Islands.
Lectotype Lectotypified in Wagner, et al.. Bishop Mus., Occas. Pap. 26: 107. 1986.
Note: Sohmer (1972) superfluously named Heller 2781 as neotype. Additional syntypes: Kauai (B, presumably destroyed); Maui (B, presumably destroyed, fragment BISH!)
*Verification: Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst, & S.H. Sohmer. 1986. Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 26:102-122.
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Charpentiera obovata Gaudich. var. elliptica Hillebr., Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 375 1888.
Kaua`i, above Waimea, Kaholuamanoa [Kaholuamanu]. 4000 ft. 30 August 1895. Heller 2781.
Neotype
[BISH]. Isoneotype(s)
[A, GH, NY, P, US!]. Neotypified in Sohmer. Brittonia 24: 294. 1972.
Note: Superfluous neotypification, as there is extant original material. See typification by Wagner et al., 1986.
*Verification: Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon. 1999. Brittonia 51:422-438.
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