Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 135 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River, Drummond, 1st Coll.; Murchison river, Oldfield; Shark's Bay, Denham; Dirk Hartog's Island, Milne; Bay of Rest, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham."

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): 870 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca coronicarpa D.A.Herb. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca coronicarpa D.A.Herb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca marginata (Sond.) Hislop, Lepschi & Craven legitimate

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