Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Myrtaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 240 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Myrtus tomentosa Ait.

Reichenbach, H.G.L. (July 1841), Deutsche Botaniker...Erster Band. Das Herbarienbuch: 177 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Rchb. legitimate

Hasskarl, J.C. (1842), Plantarum genera et species novae aut reformatae javenses. Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 25(2): 35 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Hassk. isonym

Scott, A.J. (1978), A revision of Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae). Kew Bulletin 33(2): 311-3 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Rchb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Rchb. legitimate

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