Harvey, W.H. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1855), Characters of some new genera of plants recently discovered by Mr. James Drummond in Western Australia. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 7: 56 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Northern districts."

Rye, B.L. (2 June 2009), A reduced circumscription of Balaustion and description of the new genus Cheyniana (Myrtaceae : Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 19(1): 140 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Balaustion pulcherrimum Hook. legitimate

Rye, B.L. (7 July 2022), An expanded circumscription and revision of the Western Australian genus Balaustion (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae: Hysterobaeckeinae). Nuytsia 33: 163 [secondary reference]

• Type: " 'Northern districts' [south-west of Western Australia], J. Drummond s.n. (holo: TCD n.v.).

Rye, B.L. (7 July 2022), An expanded circumscription and revision of the Western Australian genus Balaustion (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae: Hysterobaeckeinae). Nuytsia 33: 163 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Balaustion pulcherrimum Hook. legitimate

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