Cowley, K.J., Quinn, F.C., Barlow, B.A. & Craven, L.A. (17 August 1990), Contributions to a revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 7-10. Australian Systematic Botany 3(2): 188 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "South Australia: Eyre region: Corrabinnie Rock Conservation Park, 32°59′S 135°44′E, Alcock 8998, 7.x.1981 (AD). Isotypus: AD."

Craven, L.A. & Lepschi, B.J. (21 December 1999), Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 12(6): 861 [secondary reference]

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

misapplication: Melaleuca hamulosa Turcz. legitimate by Ising, E.H. (1958), Notes on the Flora of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 81: 168 misapplication: Melaleuca rhaphiophylla Schauer legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 945

• APC Dist.: SA

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