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

• Type: "W. Australia. Drummond, 2nd Coll. n. 235; Murchison river, Oldfield."

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

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

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]

• Type: south-western Australia, J. Drummond coll. 2, n. 235 (lecto: K; isolecto: K (two sheets), MEL 71359). Excluded syntype: Murchison River [Western Australia], A.F. Oldfield (K; MEL 71357, 71358).

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

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

• APC Dist.: WA

Rye, B.L. (29 September 2010), A revision of the Micromyrtus racemosa complex (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae) of south-western Australia. Nuytsia 20: 51-52, Fig. 2D [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Micromyrtus racemosa Benth. var. racemosa legitimate

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