Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 64 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Thryptomene elobata F.Muell. legitimate

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): 415 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 131 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. (6 December 2002), Lectotypification of two Western Australian species of Micromyrtus (Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 15(1): 153 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. (16 December 2006), A partial revision of the south-western Australian species of Micromyrtus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 16(1): 130 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Thryptomene elobata F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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