Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(70): 242 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad flumen Bowenii"

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

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

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

Wilson, F.D. (1974), Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 22(1): 168 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Bowen River, R.D.Fitzgerald s.n. (holotype: MEL 18670; isotypes: MEL 18671, 18672)"

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

orthographic variant: Hibiscus fitzgeraldi F.Muell. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Hibiscus heterophyllus Vent. subsp. heterophyllus legitimate

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