Jussieu, A.L. de (4 August 1789), Genera Plantarum: 322 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Myrtus communis L. [Lectotypified by Candolle, A.L.P. de in Note Myrt: 7 (1826)]

Brown, R. in Flinders, M. (1814), General remarks, geographical and systematical, on the Botany of Terra Australis. A Voyage to Terra Australis 2, Appendix III: 546 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 1-289 [secondary reference]

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Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 233-235 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 402-403 [secondary reference]

common name: Myrtle Family [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 600 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 192-193 [secondary reference]

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Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 150-151 [secondary reference]

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Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 287, 289-290 [secondary reference]

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The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 418 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 338 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 110 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melaleucaceae Vest legitimate taxonomic synonym: Baeckeaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leptospermaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eugeniaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chamelauciaceae DC. ex F.Rudolphi legitimate taxonomic synonym: Myrrhiniaceae Arn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Heteropyxidaceae Engl. & Gilg nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Kaniaceae Nakai legitimate taxonomic synonym: Psiloxylaceae Croizat legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Myrti Juss. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), ChI (native and naturalised), NT, SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 568-569, 934 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 113 [secondary reference]

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: 25 (photo) [secondary reference]

common name: Eucalypts [n/a]

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