Type:"Australia.
Queensland. Cook District: Maytown, near historical Jimmy Ah Fun stores site in Leslie Street, 13 April 2016, P.I. Forster PIF44127 & K.R. McDonald (holo: BRI [AQ940153 comprising 1 sheet])."
Etymology:"The epithet is from the Latin proximus, meaning ‘next’ or ‘nearest’. This is in reference to its relationship with Neptunia gracilis."