Fitzgerald, W.V. (1905), Some New Species of West Australian Plants. Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society 2(2): 22 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Murchison District, in sandy soil. E.W. Hursthouse, October, 1902."

Green, J.W. (11 October 1983), Malleostemon, a new genus of Myrtaceae (subfamily Leptospermoideae, tribe Chamelaucieae) from south-western Australia. Nuytsia 4(3): 297 [basionym]

basionym of: Malleostemon hursthousei (W.Fitzg.) J.W.Green legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Malleostemon hursthousei (W.Fitzg.) J.W.Green legitimate

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