Burret, K.E.M. (1941), Myrtaceen-Studien. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 15(3): 500-501 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Myrtus sect. Austromyrtus Nied. legitimate

McVaugh, R. (1956), Nomenclatural notes on Myrtaceae and related families. Taxon 5: 137 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Austromyrtus tenuifolia (Smith) Burret

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 260 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 154 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 207 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Myrtaceae - Melaleuca to Pilidostigma. Flora of New South Wales 2: 192 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Austromyrtus. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 226 [secondary reference]

Snow, N., Guymer, G.P. & Sawvel, G. (19 May 2003), Systematics of Austromyrtus, Lenwebbia, and the Australian species of Gossia (Myrtaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 65: 19-20 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtus sect. Austromyrtus Nied. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 82 [secondary reference]

---