Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(78): 127 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Willis, J.H. (1947), A new name for the Australian cotton plant (or "Sturt's Desert Rose"). The Victorian Naturalist 64: 9 [basionym]

basionym of: Gossypium sturtianum var. trilobum (F.Muell.) J.H.Willis legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Gossypium sturtii var. triloba F.Muell. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Gossypium robinsonii F.Muell. legitimate

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