Steetz, J. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Buttneriaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(2-3): 356 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. in Novae Hollandiae ora australi-occidentali, in Swan-River Colonia, Drummond! Collect. 1. No. 374! Collect. 2. No. 72! Ad ostium fluminis Swan-River, mense Januar. 1840. Preiss! (Herb. Preiss. No. 1642!) v.s."

• Comment: nom. illeg. superfluous – Commersonia cygnorum Steudel cited in synonymy.

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 239 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Commersonia cygnorum Steud. 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): 369 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 115 [secondary reference]

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

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): 250-251 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: here designated: [Drummond 2: 72] W; isolectotype: [Drummond 2: 72] BM 000522457, K 000671940, K 000671941, NSW 632636, MEL 2212706, W.

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): 250 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Commersonia cygnorum Steud. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Rulingia malvaefolia Steetz orth. var. orthographic variant: Ruelingia malvifolia Diels & E.Pritz. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Commersonia cygnorum Steud. legitimate

Shepherd, K.A. & Wilkins, C.F. (22 March 2018), Commersonia corniculata (Malvaceae), a new name for C. cygnorum. Nuytsia 29: 67 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Type citation: ‘Hab. in Novae Hollandiae ora australi-occidentali, in Swan-River Colonia, Drummond! Collect. 1. No. 374!; Collect. 2. No. 72!’; Ad ostium fluminis Swan-River, mense Januar. 1840. Preiss! (Herb. Preiss. No. 1642!) v.s.’ Type specimens: J. Drummond 2: 72 (lecto ... W!; isolecto: BM 000522457!, G 00358538 image!, G 00358539 image!, K 000671940!, K 000671941!, NSW 632636 n.v., MEL 2212706!, P 04022194 image!, P 04022195 image!, W!); J. Drummond 1: 374 (paralecto [syn]: W!); L. Preiss 1642 (paralecto [syn]: LD 1241713 image!).

Shepherd, K.A. & Wilkins, C.F. (22 March 2018), Commersonia corniculata (Malvaceae), a new name for C. cygnorum. Nuytsia 29: 67 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Commersonia corniculata (Sm.) K.A.Sheph. & C.F.Wilkins legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Commersonia corniculata (Sm.) K.A.Sheph. & C.F.Wilkins legitimate

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