Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2(12): 32 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In montibus East Mount Barren et Phillips Range. Mx."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 89-90 [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 ambigua (F.Muell.) Nied. legitimate

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

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

nomenclatural synonym: Baeckea ambigua (F.Muell.) Nied. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Rye, B.L. & Trudgen, M.E. (18 December 2012), Seven new combinations for Western Australian members of the Myrtaceae tribe Chamelaucieae. Nuytsia 22(6): 394 [secondary reference]

• Type: "'East Mt Barren et Phillips Range', Western Australia, s. dat., G. Maxwell s.n. (holo: MEL 2200764)."

Rye, B.L. & Trudgen, M.E. (18 December 2012), Seven new combinations for Western Australian members of the Myrtaceae tribe Chamelaucieae. Nuytsia 22(6): 394 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyathostemon ambiguus (F.Muell.) Rye & Trudgen legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24: 52 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathostemon ambiguus (F.Muell.) Rye & Trudgen legitimate

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