White, C.T. (1942), Some Papuan Myrtaceae. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 23(1): 87 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "BRITISH NEW GUINEA: Western Division, Tarara, common in poorly drained savannah forests, Brass 8485 (TYPE: flowers), Dec. 1936 (crooked slender tree 5–8 m.; bark grey, papery; fls. greenish white)."

Byrnes, N.B. (14 July 1984), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 1. Austrobaileya 2(1): 74 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca viridiflora var. glabra (C.T.White) Byrnes legitimate

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): 915 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate

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