Linnaeus, C. (October 1767), Systema Naturae Edn. 12, 2: 458 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (October 1767), Mantissa Plantarum 1: 13 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Wilson, Percy (8 November 1924), Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 5(4): 557 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Malachra capitata L.

Chippendale, G.M. (1964), Records of Northern Territory Plants. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 88: 178 [secondary reference]

Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Malvaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 79 [secondary reference]

Bayer, C. & Kubitzki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Malvaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 288 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 515 [secondary reference]

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