Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. (2014), New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3): 667 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Calothamnus quadrifidus R.Br. legitimate

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 118 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Calothamnus quadrifidus R.Br. subsp. quadrifidus 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: Calothamnus quadrifida R.Br. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Calothamnus clavata Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Calothamnus clavatus G.Lodd. ex J.Forbes legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Calothamnus quadrifidus R.Br. legitimate

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