Brown, R. in Sturt, C. (1849), Botanical Appendix. Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia 2: 68 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In the beds of the creeks on the Barrier Range. – D. Sturt."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(17): 6 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gossypium sturtii F.Muell. nom. illeg.

Todaro, A. (1863), Giornale del Real Istituto d'Incoraggiamento in Sicilia 1(3): 35 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gossypium australiense Tod. nom. illeg.

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 22 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gossypium sturtii F.Muell. nom. illeg.

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 69 [basionym]

basionym of: Hibiscus gossypioides (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Hochreutiner, B.P.G. (1902), Annuaire de Conservatoire & du Jardin Botaniques de Geneve 6: 56 [basionym]

basionym of: Cienfuegosia gossypioides (R.Br.) Hochr. legitimate

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 382 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gossypium sturtii F.Muell. nom. illeg.

Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 964 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cienfuegosia gossypioides (R.Br.) Hochr. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (May 1931), Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 79 [basionym]

basionym of: Gossypium gossypioides (R.Br.) C.A.Gardner nom. illeg.

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

replaced synonym of: Gossypium sturtianum J.H.Willis legitimate

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 568 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cienfuegosia gossypioides (R.Br.) Hochr. legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 224 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gossypium sturtianum J.H.Willis 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): 80 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gossypium sturtianum J.H.Willis var. sturtianum legitimate

Fryxell, P.A. (1969), A Classification of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Taxon 18(5): 586 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gossypium sturtianum J.H.Willis var. sturtianum legitimate

Fryxell, P.A. (1978), The natural history of the cotton tribe (Malvaceae, Tribe Gossypieae): 48 [secondary reference]

Mitchell, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Malvaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 211 [trade name]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Gossypium sturtianum J.H.Willis var. sturtianum legitimate

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