Blackall, W.E. & Grieve, B.J. (1956), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 2: 355 [primary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Rulingia malvifolia var. borealis E.Pritz. legitimate

Wilkins, C.F. (16 December 2005), Rulingia borealis, a new combination based on R. malvifolia var. borealis (Malvaceae s.l. or Sterculiaceae). Nuytsia 15(3): 518 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rulingia borealis (E.Pritz.) C.F.Wilkins legitimate

Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (18 November 2011), A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5): 243 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Commersonia borealis (E.Pritz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock legitimate

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