Schauer, J.C. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Myrtaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 126 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In turfosis hieme inundatis inter frutices densos prope praedium b. Spencer ad sinum Regis Georgii, Septembri 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 272"

Schauer, J.C. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1848), Myrtaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(2-3): 224 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros ericifolia Sm. legitimate

• Comment: "Melaleuca vestita et M. arachnoidea Hort.!" also cited in synonymy.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 113 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Domin, K. (1923), New Additions to the Flora of Western Australia. Vestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Matematiko-Prirodevedecke 2: 86 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Chapman, A.D. in Walby, B.J. (ed.) (1976), Name changes in Kunzea (Myrtaceae). Contributions from the Herbarium Australiense 18: 2 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros ericifolia Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros propinqua Endl. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Kunzea ericifolia Steud. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Kunzea propinqua Schauer legitimate taxonomic synonym: Kunzea ericifolia var. glabrior Benth. legitimate

Blackall, W.E. & Grieve, B.J. (1980), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 3A: 98 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 128 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 410 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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: 46 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Western Australia, near King George Sound, J.A.L.Preiss 272 (lecto. – selected here: W; isolecto.: MEL (2x), W).

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: 46 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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: 41 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Kunzea glabrescens Toelken legitimate by Chapman, A.D. in Walby, B.J. (ed.) (1976), Name changes in Kunzea (Myrtaceae). Contributions from the Herbarium Australiense 18: 2

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Kunzea glabrescens Toelken legitimate by Blackall, W.E. & Grieve, B.J. (1980), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 3A: 98

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

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

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