Blanco, F.M. (1837), Flora de Filipinas Edn. 1: 524 [tax. nov.]

Ridley, H.N. (1906), The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 178 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. (1993), Sterculiaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 143 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Melochia umbellata (Houtt.) Stapf legitimate by Ridley, H.N. (1906), The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 178

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