Meisner, C.D.F. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), Dr. Meisner on Chamaelaucieae. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 19 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Verticordia subg. Catocalypta Schauer legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 18-19, 29-34 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (19 June 1991), New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 7(3): 276-277 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: here chosen: Verticordia insignis Endl.

nomenclatural synonym: Verticordia subg. Catocalypta Schauer legitimate taxonomic synonym: Verticordia sect. Calymmatantha Baill. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

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