Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Myrtaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 210 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Astartea fascicularis (Labill.) DC.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 89-91 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 54 [secondary reference]

Niedenzu, F.J. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (August 1893), Myrtaceae [continued]. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien III, 7(88): 99 [basionym]

basionym of: Baeckea sect. Astartea (DC.) Nied. legitimate

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 419 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 380 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 686 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 75 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Astartia DC. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Baeckea sect. Astartia Nied. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Baeckea sect. Astartea (DC.) Nied. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Rye, B.L. (28 March 2013), A revision of the south-western Australian genus Astartea (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 23: 211-212 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Baeckea sect. Astartea (DC.) Nied. legitimate

• Etymology: "Named after the Semitic goddess of love and fertility, Astarte, for whom the myrtles were sacred."

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