Smith, J.E. (1797), Botanical Characters of Some Plants of the Natural Order of Myrti. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 3: 268 [tax. nov.]

Kirk, T. (1899), The Student's Flora of New Zealand: 163 [secondary reference]

Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 145 [secondary reference]

Oliver, W. (31 August 1928), The New Zealand species of Metrosideros with a note on Metrosideros collina (Forst.) Gray. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 59: 422 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv. legitimate by Kirk, T. (1899), The Student's Flora of New Zealand: 163

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 168 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 214 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv. legitimate by Kirk, T. (1899), The Student's Flora of New Zealand: 163

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 214 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Metrosideros sclerocarpa J.W.Dawson legitimate by Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 145

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misapplied to: Metrosideros sclerocarpa J.W.Dawson legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 168

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