Craven, L.A. (2009), Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) from Australia. Novon 19: 451-452 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia. Queensland: Broadwater Creek, where crossed by rd. from The Summit, 5 km beyond turnoff to Jollys Falls, ca. 10 km N of Stanthorpe, 19 Nov. 1983, P. F. Lumley 1120 (holotype, MEL; isotypes, BRI, CANB)." [Additional isotypes subsequently distributed to K and US, B.J.Lepschi pers. comm., July 2015]

Lepschi, B.J. (2010), Personal Communication: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Callistemon pungens subsp. Fletcheri (P.F.Lumley 1120) Australian National Herbarium [n/a]

Udovicic, F. & Spencer, R.D. (16 March 2012), New combinations in Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Muelleria 30(1): 24 [basionym]

basionym of: Callistemon pungens subsp. fletcheri (Craven) Udovicic & R.D.Spencer legitimate

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