Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. (19 October 1865), Genera Plantarum 1(2): 700 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 63-66 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(59): 13 [basionym]

basionym of: Thryptomene sect. Micromyrtus (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 52 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thryptomene Endl. nom. cons.

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 414-415 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 181 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 162-163 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 424 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek mikros, small; myrtos, the myrtle."

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 633 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 295 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (24 December 1980), Thryptomene and Micromyrtus (Myrtaceae) in arid and semi-arid Australia. Nuytsia 3(2): 195 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Myrtaceae (most, not Eucalyptus). Flora of Central Australia: 259 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 168 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 123 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Myrtaceae - Melaleuca to Pilidostigma. Flora of New South Wales 2: 186 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Myrtaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 1042 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. (20 February 1997), A revision of Micromyrtus Benth. (Myrtaceae) in Queensland. Austrobaileya 4(4): 455-476 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Micromyrtus. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 215 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. (6 December 2002), A revision of south-western Australian species of Micromyrtus (Myrtaceae) with five antisepalous ribs on the hypanthium. Nuytsia 15(1): 102, fig. 1 (map) [secondary reference]

• Type: Micromyrtus drummondii Benth., nom. superfl.

Rye, B.L. (16 December 2006), A partial revision of the south-western Australian species of Micromyrtus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 16(1): 121-122 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 545 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Thryptomene sect. Micromyrtus (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

Rye, B.L. & Wilson, Peter G. (2 December 2022), Reduction of Corynanthera to the synonymy of Micromyrtus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae: Micromyrtinae). Nuytsia 33: 322-324 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Thryptomene sect. Micromyrtus (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Corynanthera J.W.Green legitimate

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