Cavanilles, A.J. (1788), Monadelphiae Classis Dissertationes Decem. 6: 313, t. 168 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Peru ♂."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 143 [secondary reference]

doubtful taxonomic synonym: Gossypium barbadense L. legitimate

Mitchell, A.S. & Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Malvaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 323 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gossypium barbadense L. legitimate

Mitchell, A.S. & Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Malvaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 323 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gossypium barbadense L. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Gossypium barbadense L. legitimate

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