Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. in Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. (ed.) (1834), Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 1: 52 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Decaschistia crotonifolia Wight & Arn.

Fryxell, P.A. (1974), New species of Gossypium, Decaschistia and Macrostelia (Malvaceae) from Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 22(1): 183-194 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Malvaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 207 [secondary reference]

Bayer, C. & Kubitzki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Malvaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 284 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 259 [secondary reference]

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