Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(4): 79 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In virgultis ad flumen Brisbane. W. Hill."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 266 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 59 [basionym]

basionym of: Metrosideros leptopetala (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 242 [basionym]

basionym of: Nania leptopetala (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 132 [secondary reference]

alternative name: Metrosideros leptopetala (F.Muell.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 202 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros glomulifera Sm. legitimate

Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1026 [basionym]

basionym of: Choricarpia leptopetala (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 200 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Choricarpia leptopetala (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Floyd, A.G. (1989), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia: 250 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Choricarpia leptopetala (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Bean, A.R. (5 October 1995), A revision of Syncarpia Ten. (Myrtaceae). Austrobaileya 4(3): 342 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Choricarpia leptopetala (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Choricarpia leptopetala (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Harrington, M.G., Jackes, B.R., Barrett, M.D., Craven, L.A. & Barrett, R.L. (14 December 2012), Phylogenetic revision of Backhousieae (Myrtaceae): Neogene divergence, a revised circumscription of Backhousia and two new species. Australian Systematic Botany 25(6): 414 [secondary reference]

• Type: Queensland: in bush, Brisbane River, W. Hill (holo: MEL, n.v.).

Harrington, M.G., Jackes, B.R., Barrett, M.D., Craven, L.A. & Barrett, R.L. (14 December 2012), Phylogenetic revision of Backhousieae (Myrtaceae): Neogene divergence, a revised circumscription of Backhousia and two new species. Australian Systematic Botany 25(6): 414 [basionym]

basionym of: Backhousia leptopetala (F.Muell.) M.G.Harr. legitimate

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