Forster, J.G.A. (1786), Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus: 37 [comb. nov.]

• Type: "Noua Zeelandia."

basionym: Leptospermum perforatum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

Richard, A. in Lesson, A. & Richard, A. (1832), Essai d'une Flore de la Nouvelle-Zelande. Voyage de Decouvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique 1: 334 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Metrosideros perforata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) A.Rich. legitimate

Oliver, W. (31 August 1928), The New Zealand species of Metrosideros with a note on Metrosideros collina (Forst.) Gray. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 59: 421 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Metrosideros perforata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) A.Rich. legitimate

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