Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 276 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. Broad Sound, R. Brown; Port Denison, Fitzalan; Edgecombe and Rockingham Bays, Dallachy."

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Mart. ex DC. (1824).
• Comment: The name “Myrtus racemulosa Benth. var. racemulasa" is listed by A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2059(1991), but since the species name is illegitimate this autonym is not established, in accordance with ICN Art. 27.2 (Shenzhen Code, 2018).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 59 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 207 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1029 [secondary reference]

Burret, K.E.M. (1941), Myrtaceen-Studien. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 15(3): 501 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austromyrtus racemulosa Burret legitimate

Floyd, A.G. (1989), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia: 244 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austromyrtus bidwillii (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: 39 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Australia. Queensland: North Kennedy District, Edgecombe Bay, J. Dallachy s.n. (lectotype, here designated, MEL; isolectotype: K, photo: BRI).

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: 39 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 345 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

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

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