Myrtaceae Juss.
Leptospermum sphaerocarpum Cheel , legitimate, scientific
Cheel, E. (3 March 1932), Notes on the Pericalymmae section of the genus Leptospermum (with descriptions of three new species). Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 65: 204 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "... originally collected at Caboon, 7 miles north of Rylstone, by Mr. R.T. Baker in October 1893. It has since been collected in the same neighbourhood by E. Cheel, and at Cox's Creek, near Rylstone, by W. Dunn. Also at Capertee, Rocky Glen, Coonabarabran, Warrumbungle Ranges, Clarence Siding, Hartley Vale, Mount Wilson, Mount Victoria, and Blackheath."
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 290 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 167 [secondary reference]
Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 433-434, map 9-73 APC [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "(here chosen): NEW SOUTH WALES: at foot of range about 8 miles [13 km] from Rylstone, E. Cheel NSW 143045, 9.10.1931 (NSW)."
  • APC Dist.: NSW
Thompson, J. & Logan, V. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Leptospermum. Flora of New South Wales 2: 168 [secondary reference]
Thompson, J. & Logan, V. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Leptospermum. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 192 [secondary reference]