Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 233 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Port Essington, Armstrong"

Bailey, F.M. (1899), The Queensland Flora 1: 142 [basionym]

basionym of: Helicteres semiglabra var. flagellaris (Benth.) F.M.Bailey legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 248 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J., Latz, P.K., Barritt, M.J., Cowie, I.D. & Albrecht, D.E. (1995), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory: 104 [secondary reference]

Cowie, I.D. (2011), New taxa and notes on Helicteres L. (Malvaceae: Helicteroideae) from the Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 27: 39 [basionym]

basionym of: Helicteres flagellaris (Benth.) Cowie legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Helicteres flagellaris (Benth.) Cowie legitimate

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