Malvaceae Juss.
Gossypium australe F.Muell. , legitimate, scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(3): 46 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "In pratis minus fertilibus Australiae intratropicae non rarum."
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 220 [basionym]
basionym of: Fugosia australis (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1877), List of the plants obtained during Mr. C. Giles's travels in Australia in 1875 and 1876. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15: 271 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 15, 141 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 5 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 26 BHL [secondary reference]
Schumann, K.M. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (September 1890), Malvaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien III, 6(49-50): 51 [basionym]
basionym of: Cienfuegosia australis (F.Muell.) K.Schum. legitimate
Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 69 [basionym]
basionym of: Hibiscus australis (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 61 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Fugosia australis (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate
Lewton, F.L. (1915), Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 307 [basionym]
basionym of: Notoxylinon australe (F.Muell.) Lewton legitimate
Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 963 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Cienfuegosia australis (F.Muell.) K.Schum. legitimate
Fryxell, P.A. (1965), A revision of the Australian species of Gossypium with observations on the occurrence of Thespesia in Australia (Malvaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 13(1): 88-90 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "the plant labelled "Victoria River and toward the Fitzmaurice River" is designated as lectotype"
nomenclatural synonym: Fugosia australis (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cienfuegosia australis (F.Muell.) K.Schum. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hibiscus australis (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Notoxylinon australe (F.Muell.) Lewton legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gossypium australe var. pedunculatum Tod. legitimate
Fryxell, P.A. (1969), A Classification of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Taxon 18(5): 587 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Fugosia australis (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cienfuegosia australis (F.Muell.) K.Schum. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hibiscus australis (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Notoxylinon australe (F.Muell.) Lewton legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gossypium australe var. pedunculatum Tod. legitimate
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 247 BHL [secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 132 [secondary reference]
common name: Australian Desert Rose [n/a] common name: Rose Cottonbush [n/a] common name: Rose Mallow [n/a]
Mitchell, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Malvaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 211 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Fugosia australis (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cienfuegosia australis (F.Muell.) K.Schum. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hibiscus australis (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Notoxylinon australe (F.Muell.) Lewton legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gossypium nelsonii Fryxell legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 112 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 46 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Malvaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 210, Fig. 58A [secondary reference]
common name: Native Cotton [n/a]
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 121 [secondary reference]
common name: Native Cotton [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Gossipium australe K.A.W.Williams orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Fugosia australis (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Gossypium australe F.Muell. var. australe legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cienfuegosia australis (F.Muell.) K.Schum. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hibiscus australis (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Notoxylinon australe (F.Muell.) Lewton legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cienfuegosia australis (F.Muell.) K.Schum. var. australis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gossypium australe var. pedunculatum Tod. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cienfuegosia australis var. microcarpa Domin legitimate misapplication: Gossypium bickii Prokh. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 66 misapplication: Gossypium bickii Prokh. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 112
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld