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

• Type: "N. Australia. N. coast, without precise locality indicated, R. Brown (Hb. R. Br.)."

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

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

basionym of: Gossypium thespesioides (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

Todaro, A. (1877), Relazione sulla cultura dei Cotoni in Italia, seguita da una Monografia del Genere Gossypium: 103 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gossypium thespesioides (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

Hochreutiner, B.P.G. (1902), Annuaire de Conservatoire & du Jardin Botaniques de Geneve 6: 58 [basionym]

basionym of: Cienfuegosia thespesioides (Benth.) Hochr. legitimate

Lewton, F.L. (1915), Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 306 [basionym]

basionym of: Notoxylinon thespesioides (Benth.) Lewton legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cienfuegosia thespesioides (Benth.) 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 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "... Of these, I shall arbitrarily designate that specimen which bears the most complete notation by Brown, including the date of collection, as the lectotype. ... That sheet, which is in a flowering condition, is kept at the British Museum."

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 [basionym]

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

Fryxell, P.A. (1978), The Natural History of the Cotton Tribe: 99 [basionym]

basionym of: Thespesia thespesioides (Benth.) Fryxell legitimate

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

nomenclatural 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 [basionym]

basionym of: Azanza thespesioides (Benth.) F.Areces legitimate

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

nomenclatural 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): 72 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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