Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 148 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "W. Australia, Drummond, 3rd Coll. n. 51, 5th Coll. n. 155."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 55 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 241 [basionym]

basionym of: Myrtoleucodendron cymbifolium (Benth.) Kuntze legitimate

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

Barlow, B.A. & Cowley, K.J. (1988), Contributions to a Revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 4-6. Australian Systematic Botany 1(2): 102 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Swan River Colony, Drummond 3rd coll. 51 (K –Herb. Hookerianum; iso: BM, CGE, E, K, K, MEL 603178, PERTH, NSW)."

Barlow, B.A. & Cowley, K.J. (1988), Contributions to a Revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 4-6. Australian Systematic Botany 1(2): 99 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca halmaturorum F.Muell. ex Miq. legitimate

Barlow, B.A. & Cowley, K.J. (1988), Contributions to a Revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 4-6. Australian Systematic Botany 1(2): 102 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca halmaturorum subsp. cymbifolia (Benth.) Barlow 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): 879 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca halmaturorum F.Muell. ex Miq. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca halmaturorum F.Muell. ex Miq. legitimate

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