Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Some hitherto unknown Australian plants. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 3: 40 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "On rocky declivities of the Sandstone table-land of the upper Victoria River"

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 232 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Helicteres cana (Schott & Endl.) Benth. legitimate

Cowie, I.D. (2011), New taxa and notes on Helicteres L. (Malvaceae: Helicteroideae) from the Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 27: 41 [basionym]

basionym of: Helicteres integrifolia (F.Muell.) Cowie legitimate

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