Blume, C.(K.)L. von (1849), Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum sive stirpium Exoticarum, Novarum vel Minus Cognitarum ex Vivis aut Siccis Brevis Expositio et Descriptio 1(5): 66 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Myrtus saligna J.F.Gmel. nom. illeg.

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Schauer (1843).

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 142 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L. 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): 865 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca cajuputi R.Powell subsp. cajuputi 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): 865 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca cajuputi R.Powell legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca cajuputi R.Powell legitimate

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