Schauer, J.C. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Myrtaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 124, adnot. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ferd Bauer! Sieber! Huegel!"

taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros capitata Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon capitatus (Sm.) Rchb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stenospermum capitatum Sweet nom. inval.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 116 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Kunzea capitata (Sm.) Heynh. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Kunzea capitata (Sm.) Heynh. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Kunzea capitata (Sm.) Heynh. legitimate

Toelken, H.R. (15 December 2016), Revision of Kunzea (Myrtaceae). 2. Subgenera Angasomyrtus and Salisia (section Salisia) from Western Australia and subgenera Kunzea and Niviferae (sections Platyphyllae and Pallidiflorae) from eastern Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 103 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Nov. Holland, F.W.Sieber s.n. (lecto., designated here: W ex. Herb. Endl.)."

Toelken, H.R. (15 December 2016), Revision of Kunzea (Myrtaceae). 2. Subgenera Angasomyrtus and Salisia (section Salisia) from Western Australia and subgenera Kunzea and Niviferae (sections Platyphyllae and Pallidiflorae) from eastern Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 103 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Kunzea capitata (Sm.) Heynh. subsp. capitata legitimate

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