Abstract
A new combination, at the rank of subspecies, is made for the Chatham Islands endemic lace bark, a tree previously known as either Plagianthus chathamicus Cockayne or P. betulinus var. chathamicus (Cockayne) Cockayne. Specific status is not warranted, the only consistent difference between Chatham Islands and New Zealand populations being that Chatham plants consistently lack a filiramulate, divaricating seedling to sub‐adult phase. As an allopatric, insular race of P. regius, subspecies rank is preferred over that of variety or forma.
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