Schauer, J.C. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Myrtaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 124, adnot. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab in Nova Hollandia occidentali ad fl. Cygnorum: J. Drummond!; ad fl. Vasse River: Mrs Molloy!"

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 114 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Drummond, 1st Coll. and 5th Coll. n. 138."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 114 [basionym]

basionym of: Kunzea recurva var. praestans (Schauer) Benth. 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: 66-68, fig. 11, map 4 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Western Australia, J.Drummond 184 (lecto. – selected here: W; isolecto.: ?K; syn.: J.Drummond 29 – now identified as K. micrantha subsp. petiolata, W; J.Drummond 186 – now identified as K. micrantha subsp. micrantha, W; Vasse River, Mrs Molloy s.n., n.v.).

nomenclatural synonym: Kunzea recurva var. praestans (Schauer) Benth. 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: 73 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Kunzea micrantha subsp. petiolata Toelken legitimate by Schauer, J.C. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Myrtaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 124, adnot.

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 389 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Kunzea recurva var. praestans (Schauer) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Kunzea incognita Toelken manuscript name

• APC Comment: Hybrids have been recorded between Kunzea praestans and K. micrantha subsp. petiolata (H.R.Toelken, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard., 17: 74 (1996)).
• APC Dist.: WA

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Kunzea recurva var. praestans (Schauer) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Kunzea sp. (D.J.E.Whibley 4887) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Kunzea incognita Toelken manuscript name

• APC Dist.: WA

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