Byrnes, N.B. (14 July 1984), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 1. Austrobaileya 2(1): 74 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Northern Territory: Kakadu National Park, 13 24'S, 132 42 1/2'E, May 1980, Craven 5926 (BRI, holo; CANB, iso)."

Byrnes, N.B. (29 August 1985), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 2. Austrobaileya 2(2): 138-139 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 55 [secondary reference]

Craven, L.A. (1989), Reinstatement and revision of Asteromyrtus (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 1(4): 378 [secondary reference]

• Type: Australia. Northern Territory: 12 km south-west of Twin Falls, lat. 13°24′S., long. 132°42.5′E., Craven 5926 (BRI, holo.; CANB, iso.).

Craven, L.A. (1989), Reinstatement and revision of Asteromyrtus (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 1(4): 378 [basionym]

basionym of: Asteromyrtus arnhemica (Byrnes) Craven legitimate

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