Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Some hitherto unknown Australian plants. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 3: 43 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "On stony ridges along the rivers Victoria, Fitzmaurice and Roper".

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 52 [basionym]

basionym of: Calytrix brachychaeta (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 52 [secondary reference]

Craven, L.A. (30 December 1980), A Review of the Genus Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae) in Northern Australia. Brunonia 3(2): 222 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Northern Territory. Tableland, Upper Roper River, Mueller s.n. 22–24 Feb. 18856 (MEL)."

Craven, L.A. (30 September 1987), A taxonomic revision of Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae). Brunonia 10(1): 42 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Calytrix brownii (Schauer) Craven legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Calytrix brownii (Schauer) Craven legitimate

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