Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(10): 221 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In clivis rupestribus ad ripas fluviorum Seven Emu et MacArthur River sinus Carpentariae."

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 213 [secondary reference]

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]

Hochreutiner, B.P.G. (1900), Annuaire de Conservatoire & du Jardin Botaniques de Geneve 4: 72 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hibiscus irritans F.Muell. ex Hochr. nom. inval., pro syn.

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

Gardner, C.A. (1923), Botanical notes : Kimberley Division of Western Australia. Bulletin (Western Australian Forests Department) 32: - [secondary reference]

Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 323 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 258 [secondary reference]

Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1970), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants Edn. 2: 84 [secondary reference]

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): 174-175 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "W. coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Leichhardt (?) (MEL 18673), lectotype"

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): 217, Fig. 19 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hibiscus mustiae F.D.Wilson legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Hibiscus irritans F.Muell. ex Hochr. nom. inval., pro syn. nomenclatural synonym: Hibiscus zonatus F.Muell. var. zonatus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hibiscus mustiae F.D.Wilson legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

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

misapplied to: Hibiscus fryxellii Mabb. var. fryxellii legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1923), Botanical notes : Kimberley Division of Western Australia. Bulletin (Western Australian Forests Department) 32: -

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Hibiscus fryxellii Mabb. var. fryxellii legitimate by Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1970), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants Edn. 2: 84

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