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

• Type: "W. Australia. Sandy places, Termination granite, Maxwell."

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

basionym of: Thryptomene imbricata (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 53 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Thryptomene imbricata (Benth.) F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 131 [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): 110, fig. 1c (map) [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Thryptomene imbricata (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Thryptomene imbricata (Benth.) F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

• APC Dist.: WA

Wege, J.A. & Rye, B.L. (3 May 2024), Typifications in Malleostemon, Micromyrtus, Scholtzia and Thryptomene (Myrtaceae) and a hybrid designation. Nuytsia 35: 78 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: " ‘Sandy places, Termination Granite’ [c. 53 km NE of Israelite Bay], Western Australia, G. Maxwell s.n. (lecto, here designated: MEL 71347 image!; isolecto: K 000821751 image!, PERTH 06491928! [ex K])."

nomenclatural synonym: Thryptomene imbricata (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

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