White, C.T. (1944), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 8. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 55: 65 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Tugun, G.H. Barker (type, flowers), Sept. 1940."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 155 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 124 [secondary reference]

common name: Straggly Baeckea [n/a]

Trudgen, M.E. (23 December 1987), Ochrosperma, a new genus of Myrtaceae (Leptospermae, Baeckeinae) from New South Wales and Queensland. Nuytsia 6(1): 12 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Tugun, S. E. Queensland, Sept. 1940, G.H. Barker s.n. (lecto: BRI 011121; isolecto: BRI 011122)."

Trudgen, M.E. (23 December 1987), Ochrosperma, a new genus of Myrtaceae (Leptospermae, Baeckeinae) from New South Wales and Queensland. Nuytsia 6(1): 12 [basionym]

basionym of: Ochrosperma lineare (C.T.White) Trudgen legitimate

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Myrtaceae - Melaleuca to Pilidostigma. Flora of New South Wales 2: 181 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ochrosperma lineare (C.T.White) Trudgen legitimate

Bean, A.R. (5 October 1995), A new species and new combination in Ochrosperma Trudgen (Myrtaceae). Austrobaileya 4(3): 389 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ochrosperma lineare (C.T.White) Trudgen legitimate

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Ochrosperma. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 206 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ochrosperma lineare (C.T.White) Trudgen legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ochrosperma lineare (C.T.White) Trudgen legitimate

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