Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(31): 12 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In montibus silvaticis ad sinum marinum Rockingham's Bay. Dallachy."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 285 [secondary reference]

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

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

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 120 [secondary reference]

common name: Powder-puff Lillipilli [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M. (1983), A revision of Syzygium and allied genera (Myrtaceae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 9: 134 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "J. Dallachy, Rockingham Bay (MEL 67241, lectotype; MEL 67242, syntype)."

Hyland, B.P.M. (1983), A revision of Syzygium and allied genera (Myrtaceae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 9: 134 [basionym]

basionym of: Syzygium wilsonii (F.Muell.) B.Hyland legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 280 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Syzygium wilsonii (F.Muell.) B.Hyland subsp. wilsonii legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 370 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Syzygium wilsonii (F.Muell.) B.Hyland subsp. wilsonii legitimate

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