Gaertner, J. (December 1788), De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: 170, t. 3, Fig. 10 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 267 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 59 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Syncarpia Ten. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Kamptzia Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nania Miq. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Xanthostemon F.Muell. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Lysicarpus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fremya Brongn. & Gris legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. in Post, T. von & Kuntze, O. (1903), Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum: 382 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nani sect. Metrosideros (Banks ex Gaertn.) Kuntze legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 132 [alternative name]

alternative name: Syncarpia Ten. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 202 [secondary reference]

Dawson, J.W. (1976), Redefinition of Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn. and definition of infrageneric categories. Blumea 23(1): 7-11 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 168 [secondary reference]

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 244 [secondary reference]

• Type: Metrosideros spectabilis Gaertner, typ. cons.

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 212 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 541-542 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Metrosiderosideros Domin orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Nani sect. Metrosideros (Banks ex Gaertn.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Nania sect. Metrosideros Kuntze orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros sect. Eumetrosideros Nied. nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: LHI, NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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

orthographic variant: Metrosyderos Bonpl. orth. var.

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