Schauer, J.C. in Walpers, W.G. (December 1843), Supplementum I: Myrtaceae Subordo Xerocarpicae. Repertorium Botanices Systematicae 2(5): 923 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Nova Cambria australi, Moreton Bay (A. Cunn. hb. no. 38)."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 143 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Melaleuca leucadendra var. ? parvifolia Benth. legitimate

Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1011 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca leucadendra var. speciosa (Schauer) Domin legitimate

White, C.T. (1942), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 7. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 53: 218 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Cunningham’s plant (Moreton Bay, No. 38, 1824), the type of Leptospermum speciosum Schauer, is represented in Herb., Kew, by two sheets..."

White, C.T. (1942), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 7. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 53: 218 [basionym]

basionym of: Agonis speciosa (Schauer) C.T.White legitimate

Blake, S.T. (1958), New and critical genera and species of Myrtaceae, subfamily Leptospermoideae, from eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 69(7): 79 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Agonis speciosa (Schauer) C.T.White legitimate taxonomic synonym: Agonis scortechiniana F.Muell. legitimate

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 172 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 167 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Agonis scortechiniana F.Muell. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 128 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Agonis speciosa (Schauer) C.T.White legitimate taxonomic synonym: Agonis scortechiniana F.Muell. legitimate

Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 357-358, map 3-11 [secondary reference]

• Type: "QUEENSLAND: in Nova Cambria australi, Moreton-Bay, A. Cunn. Herb. no. 38, 1824 (?, dupl. K, fide C.T. White (1942), n.v.)."

nomenclatural synonym: Agonis speciosa (Schauer) C.T.White legitimate taxonomic synonym: Agonis scortechiniana F.Muell. legitimate

Thompson, J. & Logan, V. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Leptospermum. Flora of New South Wales 2: 159 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. (9 September 1992), The genus Leptospermum Forst. et Forst.f. (Myrtaceae) in Northern Australia and Malesia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 648 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Agonis speciosa (Schauer) C.T.White legitimate

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Leptospermum. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 183 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca leucadendron var. speciosa Domin orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca leucadendra var. speciosa (Schauer) Domin legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Agonis speciosa (Schauer) C.T.White legitimate taxonomic synonym: Agonis scortechiniana F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, Qld

Wilson, Peter G. & Heslewood, M.M. (3 May 2023), Revised taxonomy of the tribe Leptospermeae (Myrtaceae) based on morphological and DNA data. Taxon 72(3): 564 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "...(designated here): Queensland, Moreton Bay, Cunningham 38 (K barcode K000993627; isolectotypes: BRI barcode BRI-AQ0931823, K barcode K000800973)."

Wilson, Peter G. & Heslewood, M.M. (3 May 2023), Revised taxonomy of the tribe Leptospermeae (Myrtaceae) based on morphological and DNA data. Taxon 72(3): 564 [basionym]

basionym of: Aggreflorum speciosum (Schauer) Peter G.Wilson legitimate

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