Rothmaler, W.H.P. (1944), Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 53: 6 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hibiscus populneus L. legitimate

Borssum Waalkes, J. van (1966), Malesian Malvaceae revisited. Blumea 14(1): 107 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Correa nom. cons.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Correa nom. cons.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Correa nom. cons.

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