Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 635 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Leptospermum scandens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. 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: 420 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Leptospermum scandens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca florida G.Forst. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros fulgens Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros florida Sm. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros speciosa Colenso nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros aurata Colenso legitimate

• Text: "Not M. scandens Sol. ex Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1, 172, 1788."
• Text: "The Forsters introduced Leptospermum scandens twelve years before Gaertner founded Metrosideros scandens for a different species. As Gaertner's specific name is not valid, being pre-occupied by Forster's earlier perforatum, Forster's name scandens becomes available for the present species."

Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 442 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Leptospermum scandens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate

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