Wilson, F.D. (1974), Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 22(1): 175, figs 2, 7 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Northern Territory: 5 miles N. of East Alligator River, among sandstone boulders, sandy soil; shrub to 4 m high, J. Must 1078, 28.vi.1972 (DNA); isotypi (CANB, K, NT, US)."

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): 217 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hibiscus zonatus F.Muell. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Hibiscus zonatus F.Muell. legitimate

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