Sims, J. (1825), Botanical Magazine 52: t. 2602 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "This handsome shrub was raised from seeds by Messrs. Whitley, Brame and Milne, of the Fulham Nursery ... Native of New Holland."

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

basionym of: Callistemon viridiflorus (Sims) Sweet legitimate

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

basionym of: Callistemon viridiflorus (Sims) DC. isonym

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(26): 55 [basionym]

basionym of: Callistemon salignus var. viridiflorus (Sims) F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(26): 54 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colvill ex Sweet legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 121 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Callistemon salignus var. viridiflorus (Sims) F.Muell. legitimate

Craven, L.A. (2006), New combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Novon 16(4): 473 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Cultivated in England, the provenance being Australia (lectotype, designated here, Sims, Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2602. 1825).

Craven, L.A. (2006), New combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Novon 16(4): 473 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Melaleuca virens Craven legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Callistemon viridiflorus (Sims) Sweet legitimate

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