Forsskål, P. (1775), Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica: 64 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Melhania velutina Forsskal

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Botanical report on the north-Australian expedition under the command of A.C. Gregory Esq. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 2: 141 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 233 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 15 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 27 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 65 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 384 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Said to have been named by Forskal after a "Mount Melhan," in Arabia."

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 570 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Said to have been named by Forskal after a "Mount Melhan," in Arabia."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 205 [secondary reference]

Mitchell, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Sterculiaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 220 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Sterculiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 90 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Sterculiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 304 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 396 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sideria Ewart & A.H.K.Petrie legitimate

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Sterculiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 192 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Sterculiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 304 [secondary reference]

Bayer, C. & Kubitzki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Malvaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 268 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 533 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sideria Ewart & A.H.K.Petrie legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 534 [secondary reference]

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