Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 283 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Dallachy; Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, F. Mueller, W. Hill, C. Stuart; Ipswich, Vernet; also in R. Brown's collection without a label. N.S. Wales. Clarence river, Beckler."

taxonomic synonym: Syzygium floribundum F.Muell. legitimate misapplication: Metrosideros floribunda Sm. legitimate by Ventenat, E.P. (1804), Jardin de la Malmaison 2(13): t. 75

• Comment: Vernet in the type citation is most likely an error for Nernst.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 59 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 132 [secondary reference]

common name: Weeping Myrtle [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 208 [secondary reference]

common name: Water Gum [n/a]

Floyd, A.G. (1979), N.S.W. Rainforest trees Part III Family Myrtaceae. Forestry Commission of New South Wales Research Note Edn. 2, 28: 72 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Syzygium floribundum F.Muell. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 168 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Syzygium floribundum F.Muell. legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M. (1983), A revision of Syzygium and allied genera (Myrtaceae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 9: 139 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Waterhousea floribunda (F.Muell.) B.Hyland legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 213 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Waterhousea floribunda (F.Muell.) B.Hyland legitimate

Floyd, A.G. (1989), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia: 270 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Waterhousea floribunda (F.Muell.) B.Hyland legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 371 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Waterhousea floribunda (F.Muell.) B.Hyland legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Syzygium floribundum F.Muell. legitimate

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