George, A.S. (1965), Three new Western Australian plants and some name changes. Western Australian Naturalist 10(1): 28, figs A-J [tax. nov.]

• Type: "32 miles east of Karonie, on the Trans-continental railway; in sandy loam over granite; A.S. George 5918, Sept. 22, 1963."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 129 [secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 117, 135 [secondary reference]

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): 176-178, Figs 5 (map), 6 [secondary reference]

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): 869 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca coccinea A.S.George subsp. coccinea legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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