Delile, A.R. (1813), Florae Aegyptiacae Illustratio 2: 62 [tax. nov.]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal n. ser 17(2): 219 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. (17 February 1998), A trial key and notes on Tribulus (Zygophyllaceae) in Australia, including one new species and validation of Tribulus suberosus. Nuytsia 12(1): 16 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Tribulus hirsutus Benth. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal n. ser 17(2): 219

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Tribulus hirsutus Benth. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal n. ser 17(2): 219

Barker, R.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Zygophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 26: 531 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Tribulus hirsutus Benth. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal n. ser 17(2): 219

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