Hochreutiner, B.P.G. (1924), Genres Nouveaux et Genres Discutes de la Famille Des Malvacees. Candollea 2: 87 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hibiscus pungens Roxb. legitimate

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Malvaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 146-147 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hibiscus pungens Roxb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hibiscus vrieseanus Hassk. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Abelmoschus manihot subsp. tetraphyllus (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Borss.Waalk. legitimate

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