Otto, C.F. in Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (ed.) (1820), Plantae Rariores quae in Horto Regio Berolinensi a mense ianuario ad ultimum maium anni 1819 floruere. Horae Physicae Berolinensis: 37 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hort. Loddigenes."

• Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 1970 (1991), cites this name as possibly illegitimate "non Nees (1820)?". Nees was the editor of the Otto publication and the two instances of the name listed by Chapman are in fact the same.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 133-134 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca decussata R.Br. legitimate

Carrick, J. & Chorney, K. (25 June 1979), A review of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(5): 288 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca decussata R.Br. 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): 872 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca decussata R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca decussata R.Br. legitimate

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