Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 113 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River, Preiss, n. 271; Gordon river, Maxwell."

taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros propinqua Endl. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Kunzea propinqua Schauer legitimate

Domin, K. (1923), New Additions to the Flora of Western Australia. Vestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Matematiko-Prirodevedecke 2: 86 [secondary reference]

Chapman, A.D. in Walby, B.J. (ed.) (1976), Name changes in Kunzea (Myrtaceae). Contributions from the Herbarium Australiense 18: 2 [secondary reference]

• Text: "As the taxonomic status of this name is unknown, no new combination for it has been made."

Chapman, A.D. in Walby, B.J. (ed.) (1976), Name changes in Kunzea (Myrtaceae). Contributions from the Herbarium Australiense 18: 2 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Kunzea vestita Schauer legitimate

Toelken, H.R. (29 August 1996), A revision of the genus Kunzea (Myrtaceae) I. The western Australian section Zeanuk. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 17: 41 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Western Australia, Swan River, J.A.L.Preiss 271 (lecto. – selected here: K; isolecto.: LD, W; syn.: Gordon River, G.Maxwell s.n., and excluding type of K. propinqua, see under K. ericifolia.

Toelken, H.R. (29 August 1996), A revision of the genus Kunzea (Myrtaceae) I. The western Australian section Zeanuk. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 17: 48 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Kunzea spathulata Toelken legitimate by Domin, K. (1923), New Additions to the Flora of Western Australia. Vestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Matematiko-Prirodevedecke 2: 86

Toelken, H.R. (29 August 1996), A revision of the genus Kunzea (Myrtaceae) I. The western Australian section Zeanuk. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 17: 41 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Kunzea glabrescens Toelken legitimate

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