Basionym:
Maba sandwicensis A. DC. var. pubescens Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 2: 257 1926.
Hawai`i, Ka`u, between Pahala and Na`alehu, [on lava fields]. 21 September 1922. Skottsberg 605b.
Lectotype
[BISH]. Lectotypified in H. St. John. Phytologia 59: 396. 1986.
Basionym:
Maba sandwicensis A. DC. var. obtusa (Fosberg) O. Deg. & I. Deg., Pl. Hawaii Natl. Parks, ed. 3 (*) 1983.
Basionym:
Maba sandwicensis A. DC. var. ovata (Fosberg) O. Deg. & I. Deg., Pl. Hawaii Natl. Parks, ed. 3 (*) 1983.
Basionym:
Maba sandwicensis A. DC. f. sclerophylla (Fosberg) O. Deg. & I. Deg., Pl. Hawaii Natl. Parks, ed. 3 (*) 1983.
Basionym:
Maba sandwicensis A. DC. var. subcoriacea (Fosberg) O. Deg. & I. Deg., Pl. Hawaii Natl. Parks, ed. 3 (*) 1983.
Basionym:
Maba sandwicensis A. DC. var. wailauensis (Fosberg) O. Deg. & I. Deg., Pl. Hawaii Natl. Parks, ed. 3 (*) 1983.