Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(21): 119 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad flumen Gardener River et in vallibus septentrionalibus montis West Mount Barren. Maxw."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 146-147 [secondary reference]

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

basionym of: Myrtoleucodendron brachystachyum (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Cowley, K.J., Quinn, F.C., Barlow, B.A. & Craven, L.A. (17 August 1990), Contributions to a revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 7-10. Australian Systematic Botany 3(2): 196 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca subfalcata Turcz. legitimate

Craven, L.A. & Lepschi, B.J. (21 December 1999), Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 12(6): 907 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca subfalcata Turcz. legitimate

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