Craven, L.A. (2006), New combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Novon 16(4): 473 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Metrosideros rugulosa Schltdl. ex Link legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon rugulosus (Schltdl. ex Link) DC. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Callistemon rugulosus (Schltdl. ex Link) DC. legitimate

Turner, I.M. (2016), Rather for the nomenclaturist than for the scientific botanist: The Botanical Cabinet of Conrad Loddiges & Sons. Taxon 65(5): 1114 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros rugulosa Schltdl. ex Link legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon scaber Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. legitimate

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