Schauer, J.C. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Myrtaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 115 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In subturfoso-arenosis planitiei prope vicum Albany, Januario a. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 163."

• Comment: Index Kewensis gives Linnaea 17 (1843) 242, but the name is given there without a description.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 90 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Astartea fascicularis (Labill.) DC. legitimate

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

• APC Dist.: WA

Rye, B.L. (28 March 2013), A revision of the south-western Australian genus Astartea (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 23: 229-231, Fig. 8A (map) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From the Latin corniculum (little horn), in reference to the prominent horn on the small sepals."

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