Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 77 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Victoria. In the Murray scrub, F. Mueller; Wimmera, Dallachy."

• Comment: G.Bentham, Fl. Austral. 3: 77 (1867) attributes authorship of the name Baeckea ericaea to Mueller, citing "F.Muell. Fragm. i: 34", however the taxon is not published in that work (see also A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index, 344 (1991)), nor is it listed in the index to Mueller's Fragmenta. Some authors (e.g. J.H.Willis, Handb. Pl. Victoria 2nd edn, 2: 456 (1973); M.E.Trudgen in J.P.Jessop & H.R.Toelken (eds), Fl. S. Australia 4th edn, 2: 893 (1986); J.A.Jeanes in N.G.Walsh & T.J.Entwisle, Fl. Victoria 3: 1035 (1996)) have attributed authorship of Baeckea ericaea to "(F.Muell.) Benth." and list the name "Baeckea microphylla var. ericaea" as the basionym, but this name was also not published by Mueller.

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

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 144 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 403 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 602 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 456 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Baeckea microphylla var. ericaea J.H.Willis nom. inval., pro syn. common name: Mat Baeckea [n/a]

Trudgen, M.E. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Baeckea. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 893 [secondary reference]

common name: Mat baeckea [n/a] common name: Mat heath-myrtle [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Myrtaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 1035-1036, Fig. 214c [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Baeckea microphylla var. ericaea J.H.Willis nom. inval., pro syn. common name: Mat Baeckea [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Baeckea microphylla var. ericaea J.H.Willis nom. inval., pro syn.

• APC Dist.: SA, Vic

Rye, B.L. (20 January 2017), An expanded circumscription and new infrageneric classification of Rinzia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 28: 81 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "lecto: MEL 72733, here designated; ?isolecto: MEL 72734"

• Etymology: "From the Latin erica (heath)."

Rye, B.L. (20 January 2017), An expanded circumscription and new infrageneric classification of Rinzia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 28: 81 [basionym]

basionym of: Rinzia ericaea (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Rye legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rinzia ericaea (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Rye legitimate

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