Hnatiuk, R.J. (30 December 1993), A revision of the genus Eremaea (Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 9(2): 188, fig. 21 (map) [tax. nov.]

• Type: On roadside, Brand Highway just south of Lake Indoon Rd, R.J. Hnatiuk 800208 (holo: PERTH; iso: CBG).

• APC Dist.: WA

• Etymology: "The name comes from the Greek words lachnos, woolly and anthos, flower and refers to the conspicuously indumented hypanthium."

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 362 [secondary reference]

Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. (2014), New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3): 668 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca beaufortioides var. lachnosanthe (Hnatiuk) Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca beaufortioides var. lachnosantha Craven & R.D.Edwards orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca beaufortioides var. lachnosanthe (Hnatiuk) Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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