Durieu de Maisonneuve, M.C. (1864), Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 11: 183 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(Melal. rubriflora Vieillard. mss.). Hab. in montibus prope Balade (Vieillard, n° 451)."

• Comment: Published as `β rubriflora'.

Guillaumin, A. (1911), Catalogue des Plantes Phanerogames de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances (Iles des Pins et Loyalty). Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille sér. 2, 9: 145 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca leucadendra var. rubriflora (Brongn. & Gris) Guillaumin legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 143 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake legitimate

Byrnes, N.B. (24 July 1986), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 3. Austrobaileya 2(3): 260 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca leucadendra var. angustifolia L.f. 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): 900 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake legitimate

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