Lindley, J. (1 November 1839), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: vi. [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 25 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 51 [secondary reference]

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 403 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 132 [secondary reference]

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: 425, Fig. 159 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Verticordia preissii Schauer legitimate

George, A.S. (19 June 1991), New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 7(3): 283 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here chosen): Swan River, Western Australia, 183-, J.Drummond s.n. (CGE; probable isolecto: K). Other syntype: Swan River, Western Australia, 183-, J. Mangles s.n. (CGE).

• APC Dist.: WA

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 405 [secondary reference]

George, E.A. (2002), Verticordia: the turner of hearts: 116 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 721 [secondary reference]

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