Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(21): 110 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In declivibus montis East Mount Barren. Maxw."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 166 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 56 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 121 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 350 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. (2014), New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3): 664 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca orbifolia (F.Muell.) Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate

Burbidge, A.A. (1 July 2016), A taxonomic revision of Beaufortia (Myrtaceae: Melaleuceae). Nuytsia 27: 190-191, Fig. 6 (map) APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "here designated (or perhaps holo): BM 000896248!"

nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca orbifolia (F.Muell.) Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate common name: Ravensthorpe Bottlebush [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA

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