Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(1): 15 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In montibus lapidosis ad rivum Mount Barker Creek. L. Fischer."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Sixth Systematic Index of the Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 17 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 132 [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 acuminatum (F.Muell.) Kuntze 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): 426 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 141 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 407 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 607-608 [secondary reference]

Carrick, J. & Chorney, K. (25 June 1979), A review of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(5): 284 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 129 [secondary reference]

Byrnes, N.B. (29 August 1985), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 2. Austrobaileya 2(2): 136-137 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Myrtaceae - Melaleuca to Pilidostigma. Flora of New South Wales 2: 175 [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 APC [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, Vic

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 241 (photo, map) [secondary reference]

common name: Mallee Honey Myrtle [n/a]

• Etymology: acuminata: drawn out to a point (leaf tips).

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