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: "Moriarty 9 (BRI, holo)." [given by N.B.Byrnes, Austrobaileya 2 (1986) 259 as "Cook District: outside Port Douglas, ca 7 miles [11 km] ESE of Mossman, July 1967, Moriarty 9 (BRI, holo)."].

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 204 [secondary reference]

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): 915 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate

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