For Abelmoschus
Bates, D.M. 2015a. Abelmoschus. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2015. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 6, Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droseraceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York, NY. 468 pp.
Bayer & Kubitzki In Kubitzki, K., and C. Bayer, eds. 2003. The families and genera of vascular plants. V. Flowering plants – Dicotyledons – Malvales, Capparales, and non-betalain Caryophyllales. Springer, Berlin. 418 pp.
Pfeil, B.E., and M.D. Crisp. 2005. What to do with Hibiscus? A proposed nomenclatural resolution for a large and well known genus of Malvaceae and comments on paraphyly. Australian Systematic Botany 18: 49-60.