Lehmann, J.G.C. (1842), Delectus Seminum quae in Horto Hamburgensium botanico e collectione: 4, 7 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In locis turfosis hieme inundatis prope oppidum Perth in Australia meridionali legit Cl. L. Preiss."

Schauer, J.C. (1845), Dissertatio phytographica de Regelia, Beaufortia et Calothamno, generibus plantarum Myrtacearum. Novorum Actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldinae-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 21(1): 30-31 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Calothamnus lateralis Lindl. legitimate

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

basionym of: Calothamnus lateralis f. longifolius (Lehm.) Benth. legitimate

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): 83 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "In locis turfosis hieme inundatis prope oppidum Perth in Australia meridionali legit Cl. L. Preiss" (Herb. Preiss. No. 200) (lecto, here designated: LD, Figure 6).

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): 83 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Calothamnus lateralis Lindl. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Calothamnus longifolia Lehm. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Calothamnus lateralis Lindl. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Calothamnus lateralis Lindl. legitimate

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