Mabberley, D.J. (1985), 'Die neuen Pflanzen von Ch. Huber Frères & Co. in Hyères'. Taxon 34(3): 451 [tax. nov.]

nomenclatural synonym: Hibiscus zonatus var. spinulosus W.Fitzg. legitimate

• Comment: nom. nov. for Hibiscus spinulosus (W.Fitzg.) F.D.Wilson (1974) non Huber (1871).

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 10 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hibiscus spinulosus (W.Fitzg.) F.D.Wilson nom. illeg.

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Malvaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 215-217, Fig. 59C [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hibiscus zonatus var. spinulosus W.Fitzg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hibiscus spinulosus (W.Fitzg.) F.D.Wilson nom. illeg.

Craven, L.A., Wilson, F.D. & Fryxell, P.A. (13 May 2003), A taxonomic review of Hibiscus sect. Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 16(2): 194 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

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