Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(21): 116 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In planitiebus siccis ad flumen Roper alibique passim ad sinum Carpentariae."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 138 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 55 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 241 [basionym]

basionym of: Myrtoleucodendron acacioides (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 187 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1009 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 270 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 252 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Myrtaceae (most, not Eucalyptus). Flora of Central Australia: 255-256, Fig. 335F [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 128 [secondary reference]

Byrnes, N.B. (29 August 1985), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 2. Austrobaileya 2(2): 139 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca graminea S.Moore legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca acacioides var. angustifolia Domin legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 55 [secondary reference]

Barlow, B.A. (16 March 1987), Contributions of a revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 1-3. Brunonia 9(2): 165-168 [secondary reference]

Barlow, B.A. (16 March 1987), Contributions of a revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 1-3. Brunonia 9(2): 165 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Roper River, Gulf of Carpentaria, Mueller, 15.vii.1856 (MEL 1515482; iso: BRI)."

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron acacioides (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 11 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca alsophila A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca graminea S.Moore legitimate

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 534-535, Fig. 162A [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca alsophila A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 172-173, Fig. 54 [secondary reference]

Craven, L.A. & Lepschi, B.J. (21 December 1999), Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 12(6): 858 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron acacioides (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron acaciodes Kuntze orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron acacioides (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca acacioides F.Muell. var. acacioides legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca acacioides F.Muell. subsp. acacioides legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

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

misapplied to: Melaleuca lasiandra F.Muell. legitimate by George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Myrtaceae (most, not Eucalyptus). Flora of Central Australia: 255-256, Fig. 335F

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

misapplied to: Melaleuca alsophila A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 128

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