Cavanilles, A.J. (1786), Monadelphiae Classis Dissertationes 2: app. 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 5007).

Cavanilles, A.J. (1787), Monadelphiae Classis Dissertationes 3: 132 [secondary reference]

Gray, A. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition Phanerogamia 1: 171 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 207 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Greevesia F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 14 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Greevesia F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 25 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Greevesia F.Muell. isonym

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 58 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 380 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After Jose Pavon, Spanish botanist, died 1844, joint author with Ruiz of the Flora peruviana et chilensis."

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 564 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After Jose Pavon, Spanish botanist, died 1844, joint author with Ruiz of the Flora peruviana et chilensis."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 207 [secondary reference]

Borssum Waalkes, J. van (1966), Malesian Malvaceae revisited. Blumea 14(1): 133-137 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Pavonia paniculata Cav.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 360 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 144 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Malvaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 64 [secondary reference]

Fryxell, P.A. (23 December 1988), The genus Pavonia Cav. (Malvaceae: Malvavisceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 6(3): 305-308 [secondary reference]

Mitchell, A.S. & Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Malvaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 327 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Malvaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 225 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 115 [secondary reference]

Mitchell, A.S. & Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Malvaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 327 [secondary reference]

Bayer, C. & Kubitzki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Malvaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 288-289 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Lass Adans. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Greevesia F.Muell. isonym taxonomic synonym: Greevesia F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lassa Kuntze nom. rej.

• APC Dist.: WA, SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 638 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hibiscus L. nom. cons.

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