Cheel, E. in Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), Appendix II: Myrtaceae of Northern Territory (except Eucalyptus). The Flora of the Northern Territory: 297 [primary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [orthographic variant]

orthographic variant of: Melaleuca leucadendra var. coriacea (Poir.) Cheel legitimate

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