Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 220 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. Port Essington, A. Cunningham."

taxonomic synonym: Hibiscus punctatus Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Turcz. (1858).

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

Todaro, A. (1877), Relazione sulla cultura dei Cotoni in Italia, seguita da una Monografia del Genere Gossypium: 110 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Gossypium cunninghamii Tod. legitimate

Hochreutiner, B.P.G. (1902), Annuaire de Conservatoire & du Jardin Botaniques de Geneve 6: 55 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Cienfuegosia benthamii Hochr. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

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

replaced synonym of: Cienfuegosia punctata Domin 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): 87 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gossypium cunninghamii Tod. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Gossypium cunninghamii Tod. legitimate

Fryxell, P.A., Craven, L.A. & Stewart, J.McD. (1992), A revision of Gossypium sect. Grandicalyx (Malvaceae), including the description of six new species. Systematic Botany 17(1): 97 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gossypium cunninghamii Tod. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Gossypium cunninghamii Tod. legitimate

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