Schauer, J.C. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Myrtaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 125 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In planitie arenosis inter frutices cis fl. Gordon, Novembri 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 275."

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

basionym of: Kunzea preissiana var. villiceps (Schauer) Benth. legitimate

Domin, K. (1923), New Additions to the Flora of Western Australia. Vestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Matematiko-Prirodevedecke 2: 86-87 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Kunzea preissiana var. villiceps (Schauer) Benth. 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: 92 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Western Australia, arid plains near Gordon River, Preiss 275 (lecto. – selected here: LD).

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: 92 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Kunzea preissiana Schauer legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Kunzea preissiana Schauer legitimate

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