Link, J.H.F. (1822), Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Regii Berolinensis Altera 2: 26 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Hoffmannsegg, J.C. von (1824), Verzeichniss der Pflanzenkulturen in der Graflich Hoffmannseggischen Garten zu Dresden und Rammenau 1: 80 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros rigidifolia Hoffmanns. nom. inval., pro syn.

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Myrtaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 223 [basionym]

basionym of: Callistemon linearifolius (Link) DC. legitimate

Craven, L.A. (2006), New combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Novon 16(4): 472 [secondary reference]

• Type: Germany [Apparently cultivated in Berlin of Australian provenance] (holotype, G-DC not seen).

Craven, L.A. (2006), New combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Novon 16(4): 472 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca linearifolia (Link) Craven legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Callistemon linearifolius (Link) DC. legitimate

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