Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 689 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in China, Syria."

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 186 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 54 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 555 [secondary reference]

Mitchell, A.S. & Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Malvaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 325 [secondary reference]

Mitchell, A.S. & Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Malvaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 325 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (doubtfully naturalised)

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

misapplied to: Malva parviflora L. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 555

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