White, C.T. (1942), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 7. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 53: 218 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Wide Bay District.– Kandanga, Mary Valley, C.T. White, No. 9592 (flowers), Nov., 1933 (shrub up to 2m. high, common on edge of rain forest, flowers white)."

Smith, L.S. (1956), New species of and notes on Queensland plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 67: 35 [basionym]

basionym of: Austromyrtus opaca (C.T.White) L.S.Sm. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 208 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Austromyrtus hillii (Benth.) Burret legitimate

Snow, N., Guymer, G.P. & Sawvel, G. (19 May 2003), Systematics of Austromyrtus, Lenwebbia, and the Australian species of Gossia (Myrtaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 65: 50 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gossia hillii (Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer legitimate

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