Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 189 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Slopes of Table-top Mountain, near Synnot Range (W.V.F.)."

Scott, A.J. (1978), A new species of Myrtella (Myrtaceae) from Australia and a synopsis of the genus. Kew Bulletin 33(2): 301 [basionym]

basionym of: Myrtella phebalioides (W.Fitzg.) A.J.Scott legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 127 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Myrtella phebalioides (W.Fitzg.) A.J.Scott legitimate

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 540 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Myrtella retusa (Endl.) A.J.Scott legitimate

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 148 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Myrtella retusa (Endl.) A.J.Scott legitimate

Snow, N. & Guymer, G.P. (25 January 1999), Systematic and cladistic studies of Myrtella F.Muell. and Lithomyrtus F.Muell. (Myrtaceae). Austrobaileya 5(2): 198 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lithomyrtus retusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer legitimate

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