Borssum Waalkes, J. van (1966), Malesian Malvaceae revisited. Blumea 14(1): 97 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hibiscus tetraphyllus Roxb. ex Hornem. legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 306 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hibiscus tetraphyllus Roxb. ex Hornem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Abelmoschus tetraphyllus (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Wall. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hibiscus ficulneoides Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hibiscus pungens Roxb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hibiscus vrieseanus Hassk. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Abelmoschus ficulneoides (Lindl.) Walp. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Abelmoschus manihot var. pungens (Roxb.) Hochr. legitimate

• APC Comment: Plants on ChI are treated as Abelmoschus manihot var. pungens by D.J.Du Puy in H.J.Hewson & H.S.Thompson (eds), Fl. Australia 50: 146 (1993).
• APC Dist.: ChI, Qld (naturalised)

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