Gardner, C.A. (1923), Botanical notes : Kimberley Division of Western Australia. Bulletin (Western Australian Forests Department) 32: 63 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Admiralty Gulf and Vansittart Bay, in sandy or gravelly soil among sandstone rocks. Fl. August–September. The type is No. 1520 of the Forest Departments Herbarium."

Gardner, C.A. (May 1931), Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 79 [basionym]

basionym of: Cienfuegosia pulchella (C.A.Gardner) C.A.Gardner 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): 92 [basionym]

basionym of: Gossypium pulchellum (C.A.Gardner) Fryxell legitimate

Fryxell, P.A. (1969), A Classification of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Taxon 18(5): 587 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gossypium pulchellum (C.A.Gardner) Fryxell legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Gossypium pulchellum (C.A.Gardner) Fryxell legitimate

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