Sprengel, C.P.J. (1826), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 3: 32 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Brotera ovata Cav. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 248 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 77 [secondary reference]

Guymer, G.P. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Sterculiaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 192 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Brotera ovata Cav. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melhania abyssinica A.Rich. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

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