Gaertner, J. (December 1788), De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: 172, t. 35, fig. 1 [primary reference]

• Type: "ex herbario Banksiano"

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): 528 [secondary reference]

Schauer, J.C. (1843), Genera Myrtacearum nova vel denuo recognita. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 17: 243 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Asteromyrtus gaertneri Schauer nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 139 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Asteromyrtus gaertneri Schauer nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 241 [basionym]

basionym of: Myrtoleucodendron angustifolium (Gaertn.) Kuntze legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 187 [secondary reference]

Byrnes, N.B. (29 August 1985), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 2. Austrobaileya 2(2): 138 [secondary reference]

Craven, L.A. (1989), Reinstatement and revision of Asteromyrtus (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 1(4): 377 [secondary reference]

• Type: [Australia. Queensland.] 1770, Banks & Solander s.n. (BM, holo., n.v.; MEL, iso.).

Craven, L.A. (1989), Reinstatement and revision of Asteromyrtus (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 1(4): 377 [basionym]

basionym of: Asteromyrtus angustifolia (Gaertn.) Craven legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Asteromyrtus angustifolia (Gaertn.) Craven legitimate

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