Reichenbach, H.G.L. (1828), Conspectus Regni Vegetabilis: 175, adnot. [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Etymology: "KUNZEO Lipsiensi praeclarissimo amico dicatae."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 111-118 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pentagonaster Klotzsch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Salisia Lindl. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 54 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pentagonaster Klotzsch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Salisia Lindl. legitimate

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 423 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 143-144, 147 [secondary reference]

common name: Tickbush [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 187 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 155 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 377-381 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 405 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After Gustav Kunze, 1793-1851, German botanist, entomologist and physician, who wrote principally on the ferns."

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 604 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 198 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 290 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 267-268 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 202 [secondary reference]

Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 194 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 166 [secondary reference]

Toelken, H.R. (1981), (582) Proposal to conserve Kunzea Reichb. over Kunzia Spreng. Taxon 30: 350 [secondary reference]

• Type: "K. capitata (Sm.) Heynh. (lectotype sic, selected here)."

Toelken, H.R. (1981), (664) Proposal to conserve Kunzea Reichenbach over Tillospermum Salisbury Myrtaceae). Taxon 30: 828 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tillospermum Griff. nom. rej.

Byrnes, N.B. (14 April 1983), Notes on the genus Kunzea (Myrtaceae) in Queensland. Austrobaileya 1(5): 468-471 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1984), Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 27. Taxon 33(2): 299 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tillospermum Griff. nom. rej.

• Text: "Proposals 582 and 664. 5601 Kunzea Reichenbach vs. Tillospermum Salisbury (Myrtaceae).... Votes: 11-0.

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 132 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 410 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Syzygium - Leptospermum. Flora of New South Wales 2: 150-151 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 430 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tillospermum Griff. nom. rej.

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 380 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Salisia Lindl. legitimate

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 322 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pentagonaster Klotzsch legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Myrtaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 1019 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 709 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Kunzea. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 174 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 459 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tillospermum Griff. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Stenospermum Heynh. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Pentagonaster Klotzsch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Salisia Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Kunzea sect. Salisia (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Angasomyrtus Trudgen & Keighery legitimate

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

de Lange, P.J., Smissen, R.D., Wagstaff, S.J., Keeling, D.J., Murray, B.G. & Toelken, H.R. (3 November 2010), A molecular phylogeny and infrageneric classification for Kunzea (Myrtaceae) inferred from rDNA ITS and ETS sequences. Australian Systematic Botany 23(5): 316-317 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tillospermum Griff. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Stenospermum Heynh. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Pentagonaster Klotzsch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Salisia Lindl. legitimate

de Lange, P.J. (2014), A revision of the New Zealand Kunzea ericoides (Myrtaceae) complex. Phytokeys 40: 30 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tillospermum Griff. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Stenospermum Heynh. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Pentagonaster Klotzsch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Salisia Lindl. legitimate

Toelken, H.R. (15 December 2016), Revision of Kunzea (Myrtaceae). 2. Subgenera Angasomyrtus and Salisia (section Salisia) from Western Australia and subgenera Kunzea and Niviferae (sections Platyphyllae and Pallidiflorae) from eastern Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 78 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tillospermum Griff. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Stenospermum Heynh. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Pentagonaster Klotzsch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Salisia Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Angasomyrtus Trudgen & Keighery legitimate

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