Smith, J.E. (1797), Botanical Characters of Some Plants of the Natural Order of Myrti. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 3: 264 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "This species flowered magnificently in the garden of George Hibbert, Esq. F.L.S. this summer."

Dryander, J.C. in Koenig, K.D.E. & Sims, J. (ed.) (1 September 1806), Chloris Novae Hollandiae; or, Catalogue of the Plants of New Holland and Van Dieman's Island hitherto published, as far as they have come to the knowledge of J. Dryander. Annals of Botany 2(3): 521 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Leptospermum recurvifolium Salisb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros corifolia Vent. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 115 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Kunzea corifolia (Vent.) Schauer legitimate

Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 629 [basionym]

basionym of: Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce legitimate

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 865 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 202 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce legitimate

Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 442 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Myrtaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 1020 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce legitimate

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