Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 79 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "W. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 53 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 120 [secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 16, 38, Fig. 35 [secondary reference]

common name: Albany Baeckea [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 346 [secondary reference]

common name: Albany Baeckea [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 689 [secondary reference]

common name: Albany Baeckea [n/a]

Rye, B.L. (16 December 2006), New combinations and lectotypifications for the south-western Australian genus Astartea (Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 16(1): 152 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Astartea arbuscula (R.Br. ex Benth.) Rye legitimate

Rye, B.L. (28 March 2013), A revision of the south-western Australian genus Astartea (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 23: 219 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Astartea arbuscula (R.Br. ex Benth.) Rye legitimate

Wege, J.A. & Rye, B.L. (21 March 2023), Lectotypification of Astartea arbuscula and A. fascicularis (Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 34: 93 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "King George Sound, heaths between Oyster and Princess Royal Harbours, Western Australia, December 1801, R. Brown s.n (lecto, here designated: BM 000758991!; isolecto: CANB 278733!, E 00801186 image!, K 000821969!, K 000821970!, NSW 497662!)."

Wege, J.A. & Rye, B.L. (21 March 2023), Lectotypification of Astartea arbuscula and A. fascicularis (Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 34: 93 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Astartea arbuscula (R.Br. ex Benth.) Rye legitimate

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