Brown, R. in Sims, J. (1821), Botanical Magazine 48: t. 2191 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Rulingia pannosa R.Br.

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 5060). See comments re conservation by Green, Kew Bull. (1935) 470–471.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Sixth Systematic Index of the Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 17 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 150 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 237 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Achilleopsis Turcz. nom. rej.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 27 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Commersonia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 368 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 57, 293 [secondary reference]

alternative name: Commersonia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 65 [secondary reference]

Mattei, G.E. (1917), Bollettino delle R[eale] Orto Botanico di Palermo ser. 2, 2: 753 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 383 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Named by Brown in 1821 after "John Philip Ruling, author of an essay on the natural orders"."

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 569 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Named by Robert Brown in 1821 after Dr. Johann Philipp Rueling, a German botanist born in 1741."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 203 [secondary reference]

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 1: 11 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Achilleopsis Turcz. nom. rej.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 205 [secondary reference]

Mitchell, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Sterculiaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 220-221 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Sterculiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 86-87 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Sterculiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 137 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Sterculiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 305-307 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 377 [secondary reference]

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Sterculiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 195 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Sterculiaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 329 [secondary reference]

Grieve, B.J. (1998), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 2: 626, 628 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Sterculiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 305 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 544-545 [secondary reference]

Bayer, C. & Kubitzki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Malvaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 245 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 896 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Commersonia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Rullingia Endl. orth. var. orthographic variant: Ruelingia Diels & E.Pritz. orth. var.

Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (18 November 2011), A new Australian genus, Androcalva, separated from Commersonia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5): 287 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Androcalva C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 237

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Androcalva C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock legitimate by Grieve, B.J. (1998), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 2: 626, 628

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Androcalva C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock legitimate by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Sterculiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 86-87

Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (18 November 2011), A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5): 231 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Commersonia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Androcalva C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 237

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Androcalva C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock legitimate by Grieve, B.J. (1998), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 2: 626, 628

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Androcalva C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock legitimate by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Sterculiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 86-87

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Commersonia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

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