Turczaninow, P.K.N.S. (15 June 1852), Myrtaceae Xerocarpicae, in Nova Hollandia a cl. Drumond [sic; Drummond] lectae et plerumque in collectione ejus quinta distributae, determinatae et descriptae. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 334 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Drum. V, n. 25, ex parte."

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

orthographic variant: Astartia muricata A.D.Chapm. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA

Rye, B.L. (28 March 2013), A revision of the south-western Australian genus Astartea (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 23: 249-251, Figs 2A, 10A (map) [secondary reference]

common name: Inland Astartea [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin murex (a shellfish with a rough-textured shell), referring to the texture of the young stems, which are always densely covered by star-like protrusions."

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