Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 185, 277, 279, fig. 13 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "South Bay, Bickerton Island (Melaleuca leucadendron swamp): 488. Th. Type–Brisbane (BRI)."

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 253 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 44 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Mitrasacme. Flora of Australia 28: 39 [basionym]

basionym of: Mitrasacme squamigera Dunlop legitimate

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