Sims, J. (1815), Botanical Magazine 42: t. 1761 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Native of New South Wales. Communicated last May, by Messrs. Loddiges and Sons, in whose nursery alone, out of Kew, we have as yet seen this very rare plant."

Loddiges, C., Loddiges, G. & Loddiges, W. (1818), The Botanical Cabinet 3: t. 285 [secondary reference]

common name: Showy Metrosideros [n/a]

Sweet, R. (1826), Sweet's Hortus Britannicus Edn. 1, 1: 155 [basionym]

basionym of: Callistemon speciosus (Sims) Colvill ex Sweet legitimate

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Myrtaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 224 [basionym]

basionym of: Callistemon speciosus (Sims) DC. isonym

Sweet, R. (1830), Sweet's Hortus Britannicus Edn. 2: 209 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon glaucus Sweet legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 119 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Callistemon speciosus (Sims) Colvill ex Sweet legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Callistemon speciosus (Sims) Colvill ex Sweet legitimate

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