Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 175 [secondary reference]

[tax. nov.]

• Type: "W. Australia, Drummond, 5th Coll. n. 180; Gardner river, Maxwell."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 56 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 121 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 350 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. (2014), New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3): 667 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Melaleuca protumida Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca protumida Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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