Roxburgh, W. (1814), Hortus Bengalensis: 51 [secondary reference]

Borssum Waalkes, J. van (1966), Malesian Malvaceae revisited. Blumea 14(1): 108 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "India, Wallich 1888F (lectotype: K-W)."

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

taxonomic synonym of: Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel. legitimate

Areces-Berazain, F. & Ackerman, J.D. (2 January 2020), A revision of Thespesia and allied genera in Tribe Gossypieae (Malvaceae-Malvoideae). Brittonia 72(1): 102 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel. legitimate

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