Schauer, J.C. (1843), Genera Myrtacearum nova vel denuo recognita. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 17: 242 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Asteromyrtus gaertneri Schauer, nom. illeg. (= Melaleuca angustifolia Gaertn).

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 125 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Melaleuca ser. Circumscissae Benth. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 55 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca L. nom. cons.

Craven, L.A. (1989), Reinstatement and revision of Asteromyrtus (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 1(4): 373-385 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca ser. Circumscissae Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca sect. Asteromyrtus F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Sinoga S.T.Blake legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 397 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sinoga S.T.Blake legitimate

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 152 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 341 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 76 [secondary reference]

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