Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1839), Epacridaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(2): 740 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Novae-Cambriae australis sterilibus planitiebus circà Liverpool legit cl. Cunningham. ... (v.s. à cl. inv.)"

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 162 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melichrus urceolatus R.Br. legitimate

Paterson, B.R. (1958), Revision of the genus Melichrus R.Br. (Epacridaceae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 82: 309 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Lachlan River, N.S.W., No. 69, A.Cunningham, 1817 (BRI)."

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 546 [secondary reference]

common name: Western Urn Heath [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 113 [secondary reference]

Powell, J.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Epacridaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 416 [secondary reference]

common name: Ruby Urn Heath [n/a]

Bean, A.R. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Epacridaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 67 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Melichrus urceolatus R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 162

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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