Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 114 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Tone and Vasse rivers, Oldfield; Bald Island and Cape Riche, Maxwell."

Domin, K. (1923), New Additions to the Flora of Western Australia. Vestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Matematiko-Prirodevedecke 2: 87 [secondary reference]

Toelken, H.R. (29 August 1996), A revision of the genus Kunzea (Myrtaceae) I. The western Australian section Zeanuk. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 17: 56 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Western Australia, Tone River, A.F.Oldfield 353b (lecto. – selected here: MEL 92348; isolecto.: K; syn.: Tone River, A.F. Oldfield 356b, K; Bald Island, G. Maxwell s.n., MEL 92349; Cape Riche, G. Maxwell s.n., MEL 92350).

Toelken, H.R. (29 August 1996), A revision of the genus Kunzea (Myrtaceae) I. The western Australian section Zeanuk. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 17: 76 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Kunzea micrantha subsp. oligandra (Turcz.) Toelken x Kunzea micromera Schauer legitimate by Domin, K. (1923), New Additions to the Flora of Western Australia. Vestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Matematiko-Prirodevedecke 2: 87

Toelken, H.R. (29 August 1996), A revision of the genus Kunzea (Myrtaceae) I. The western Australian section Zeanuk. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 17: 56 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Kunzea recurva Schauer legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Kunzea recurva Schauer legitimate

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