Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(33): 44 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad flumen Glenelg's River Australiae septentrionali-occidentalis. J. Martin, M.B."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(78): 127 [secondary reference]

Hochreutiner, B.P.G. (1902), Annuaire de Conservatoire & du Jardin Botaniques de Geneve 6: 56 [basionym]

basionym of: Cienfuegosia flaviflora (F.Muell.) Hochr. legitimate

Lewton, F.L. (1915), Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 307 [basionym]

basionym of: Notoxylinon flaviflorum (F.Muell.) Lewton legitimate

Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 964 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cienfuegosia flaviflora (F.Muell.) Hochr. legitimate

Fryxell, P.A. (1965), A revision of the Australian species of Gossypium with observations on the occurrence of Thespesia in Australia (Malvaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 13(1): 97 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thespesia lampas var. thespesioides (Benth.) Fryxell legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Thespesia thespesioides (Benth.) Fryxell legitimate

Areces-Berazain, F. & Ackerman, J.D. (2016), Phylogenetics, delimitation and historical biogeography of the pantropical tree genus Thespesia (Malvaceae, Gossypieae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181: 188 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Azanza thespesioides (Benth.) F.Areces legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Azanza thespesioides (Benth.) F.Areces legitimate

Areces-Berazain, F. & Ackerman, J.D. (2 January 2020), A revision of Thespesia and allied genera in Tribe Gossypieae (Malvaceae-Malvoideae). Brittonia 72(1): 73 [secondary reference]

• Neotype: "Australia, Western Australia: Glenelg River, without date, J. Martin 6 (holotype: MEL, destroyed; neotype, here designated: photograph at MEL [MEL 2283165] of the holotype)."

Areces-Berazain, F. & Ackerman, J.D. (2 January 2020), A revision of Thespesia and allied genera in Tribe Gossypieae (Malvaceae-Malvoideae). Brittonia 72(1): 73 [basionym]

basionym of: Azanza thespesioides var. flaviflora (F.Muell.) F.Areces legitimate

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