Ker Gawler, J.B. (1815), The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment 1: t. 18 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "from a plant that flowered at Mr James Dickson's."

• Comment: nom. illeg., non R.Br. (1812).

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

• APC Comment: A name of uncertain application.

Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. (2014), New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3): 665 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Melaleuca transversa Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate

Burbidge, A.A. (1 July 2016), A taxonomic revision of Beaufortia (Myrtaceae: Melaleuceae). Nuytsia 27: 179 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Beaufortia decussata R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca transversa Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate

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