Turczaninow, P.K.N.S. (15 June 1852), Myrtaceae Xerocarpicae, in Nova Hollandia a cl. Drumond [sic; Drummond] lectae et plerumque in collectione ejus quinta distributae, determinatae et descriptae. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 343 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Drum V, n. 160"

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 adnatum (Turcz.) Kuntze legitimate

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 609, Fig. 809 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca eleutherostachya F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca eleuterostachya var. abietina Benth. legitimate

Carrick, J. & Chorney, K. (25 June 1979), A review of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(5): 285-286 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca eleuterostachya var. abietina Benth. legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 514 [secondary reference]

common name: Sandhill Honey-myrtle [n/a] common name: Swamp Paper-bark [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 167 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 129 [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 adnatum (Turcz.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca eleuterostachya var. abietina Benth. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron adnatum (Turcz.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca eleutherostachya var. abietina Benth. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca eleuterostachya var. abietina Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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

misapplied to: Melaleuca eleuterostachya F.Muell. legitimate by Carrick, J. & Chorney, K. (25 June 1979), A review of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(5): 285-286

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