Craven, L.A. (15 November 1999), Generic position of Melaleuca punicea: Petraeomyrtus, gen. nov. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 12(5): 678 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Melaleuca punicea Byrnes legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca punicea Byrnes legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Regelia punicea (Byrnes) Barlow legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT

Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. (2014), New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3): 669 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca punicea Byrnes legitimate

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