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

• Type: "Port Essington, Armstrong."

basionym: Helicteres dentata var. flagellaris Benth. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 65 [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 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym 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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