Salisbury, R.A. (1796), Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton Vigentium: 352 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Sponte nascentem juxta Port Jackson, legit Dav. Burton."

Dryander, J.C. in Koenig, K.D.E. & Sims, J. (ed.) (1 September 1806), Chloris Novae Hollandiae; or, Catalogue of the Plants of New Holland and Van Dieman's Island hitherto published, as far as they have come to the knowledge of J. Dryander. Annals of Botany 2(3): 522 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Metrosideros lanceolata Sm. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 143 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca genistifolia Sm. legitimate

Britten, J. (1916), The plants of Salisbury's "Prodromus" (1796). Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 54: 62 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) Britten legitimate

Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1011 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) Domin isonym

Blake, S.T. (1968), A revision of Melaleuca leucadendron and its allies (Myrtaceae). Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 1: 67 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 144 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) Britten legitimate

Byrnes, N.B. (24 July 1986), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 3. Austrobaileya 2(3): 265 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) Britten legitimate

Craven, L.A. & Lepschi, B.J. (21 December 1999), Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 12(6): 871 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) Britten legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) Britten legitimate

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