Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 686 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 307 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 513, 514 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Althaea officinalis L.

Hartley, W. (1953), Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants, and weeds. Bulletin (CSIRO) 272: 12 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 361 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 143 [secondary reference]

Bayer, C. & Kubitzki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Malvaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 303-304 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: SA

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 33 [secondary reference]

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