Byrnes, N.B. (14 July 1984), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 1. Austrobaileya 2(1): 74 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "K.R. Kerr s.n., Dec. 1949 (BRI, holo; CANB, NSW, iso)."

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 142 [secondary reference]

Byrnes, N.B. (24 July 1986), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 3. Austrobaileya 2(3): 261 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Darling Downs District: Kogan, Dec 1949, K.R. Kerr (BRI, holo; CANB, NSW, iso)."

Craven, L.A. & Barlow, B. (1997), New taxa and new combinations in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Novon 7: 118 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca squamophloia (Byrnes) Craven 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): 905 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca squamophloia (Byrnes) Craven legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca squamophloia (Byrnes) Craven legitimate

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