Melicope balloui (Rock) T. G. Hartley & B. C. Stone , Taxon 38: 121. 1989.
*Verification: R.K. Shannon.
Type Information
Basionym:
Pelea balloui Rock , Indig. trees Haw. Isl. 228 1913.
Maui, Haleakala, [trail from] Ukulele to Waikamoi [gulch]. 5000 ft. 25 October 1910. Rock and von Tempsky 8609.
Holotype
[BISH]. Isotype(s)
[BISH! [2], US].
Note: Epithet is spelled "Ballouii" on specimens, but named for Howard M. Ballou, and publ. as "Balloui". L. von Tempsky is given as a collector only in the pub., not on the specimen labels. RKS examined specimens at BISH
*Verification: R.K. Shannon.
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