Schauer, J.C. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Myrtaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 113 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In umbrosis ad ripam fluvii Preston (prov. Wellington), solo limoso, Januaria a. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 156."

• Comment: Index Kewensis gives Linnaea 17 (1843) 242, but the name is given there without a description. Also given without a description in Walper's Repert. Bot. Syst. 2 (1842) 922.

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]

taxonomic synonym: Astartea sp. rivers (K.R.Newbey 1740) WA Herbarium [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA

Rye, B.L. (28 March 2013), A revision of the south-western Australian genus Astartea (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 23: 244-245, Fig. 8B (map) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Astartea sp. rivers (K.R.Newbey 1740) WA Herbarium [n/a] common name: River-bank Astartea [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Greek leptos (thin) and phyllus (leaf), as this species has particularly narrow leaves."

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