Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(78): 148 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad portum Rockingham's Bay; Dallachy."

nomenclatural synonym: Eugenia shepherdii F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.

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]

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 shepherdii (F.Muell.) L.S.Sm. 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: 68 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Australia. Queensland: North Kennedy District, Rockingham's Bay, J. Dallachy s.n. (lectotype, here designated: MEL-92379; isolectotypes: BRI, MEL-92377, MEL-92378).

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: 68 [basionym]

basionym of: Gossia shepherdii (F.Muell.) N.Snow & Guymer legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 347 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gossia shepherdii (F.Muell.) N.Snow & Guymer legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Myrtus shepherdi F.Muell. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Gossia shepherdii (F.Muell.) N.Snow & Guymer legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Gossia shepherdii (F.Muell.) N.Snow & Guymer legitimate

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