Bremekamp, C.E.B. & Obermeyer, A.A. (1935), Scientific results of the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, March to September, 1930: Sertum Kalahariense, a list of the plants collected. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 16(3): 424 [tax. nov.]

Exell, A.W. in Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (ed.) (1961), Malvaceae. Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate 1(2): 444 [basionym]

basionym of: Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. rivularis (Bremek. & Oberm.) Exell legitimate

Badry, M.O., Crayn, D.M. & Tate, J.A. (18 December 2017), Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. rivularis (Bremek. & Oberm.) Exell (Malvaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 10(1): 114 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Botswana: Chobe River Kabulabula, Bechuanaland Port., July 1930, Van Son s.n. (holo: PRE 28936 n.v.; iso: BM)."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. rivularis (Bremek. & Oberm.) Exell legitimate

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