Wilson, F.D. & Byrnes, N.B. (1970), Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 95: 194, t. XI. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "AUSTRALIA: NORTHERN TERRITORY: Katherine Gorge (14°20′S, 132°27′E), growing near creek in sandy soil, N. Byrnes 117. 17.i.1967 (NT, Holotype; US, Isotype)."

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 247 [secondary reference]

Wilson, F.D. (1974), Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 22(1): 176 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 46 [secondary reference]

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): 204, Fig. 10 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Hibiscus menzelii F.D.Wilson & Byrnes orth. var.

• APC Dist.: NT

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