Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 177 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Drummond, n. 37, and 2nd Coll. n. 73."

Hawkeswood, T.J. (23 December 1987), A taxonomic revision of the genus Calothamnus Labill. (Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae). Part 1. The 4-merous species. Nuytsia 6(1): 86 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Swan River, J. Drummond. 2nd Coll. no. 73. (lecto, here designated: K, n.v.; isolecto: NSW, Figure 8)."

Hawkeswood, T.J. (23 December 1987), A taxonomic revision of the genus Calothamnus Labill. (Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae). Part 1. The 4-merous species. Nuytsia 6(1): 86 [basionym]

basionym of: Calothamnus crassus (Benth.) Hawkeswood legitimate

George, A.S. (29 September 2010), Calothamnus (Myrtaceae): precursor paper to Flora of Australia. Nuytsia 20: 190 [basionym]

basionym of: Calothamnus lateralis var. crassus (Benth.) A.S.George legitimate

Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. (2014), New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3): 665 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca alilateralis var. crassa (Benth.) Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Calothamnus lateralis var. crassus (Benth.) A.S.George legitimate

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