Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 137 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. N.W. Coast, Usborne's Harbour, Voyage of the Beagle; Liverpool river and Cambridge Gulf, A. Cunningham."

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 alsophilum (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Kuntze legitimate

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]

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): 139 [secondary reference]

Barlow, B.A. (16 March 1987), Contributions of a revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 1-3. Brunonia 9(2): 167 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Cambridge Gulf, NW. Australia, 2nd voyage of `Mermaid', Cunningham 467, ix.1819 (K; iso: BM, CGE, E, K)."

Barlow, B.A. (16 March 1987), Contributions of a revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 1-3. Brunonia 9(2): 167 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca acacioides subsp. alsophila (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Barlow legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca acacioides F.Muell. legitimate

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 534 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca acacioides F.Muell. legitimate

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): 859 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron alsophilum (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca acacioides subsp. alsophila (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Barlow legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron alsophilum (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca acacioides subsp. alsophila (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Barlow legitimate misapplication: Melaleuca acacioides F.Muell. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 128

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

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