Mueller, F.J.H. von (1887), Some hitherto undescribed plants of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Series 2 1(4): 1106 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "On the northern side of the Lane Cove River, occupying sandy ground on the ridges (H. Deane, Esq.)."

• Etymology: (not specified.) [but probably named for the collector of the type specimen]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 3 [secondary reference]

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

basionym of: Myrtoleucodendron deanei (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 142 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 293 [secondary reference]

Blake, S.T. (1968), A revision of Melaleuca leucadendron and its allies (Myrtaceae). Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 1: 56-59 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron deanei (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca lanceolata Benth. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca glauca Domin nom. inval., nom. nud. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca leucadendra var. parvifolia Benth. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 167 [secondary reference]

Byrnes, N.B. (24 July 1986), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 3. Austrobaileya 2(3): 263-264 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Myrtaceae - Melaleuca to Pilidostigma. Flora of New South Wales 2: 178 [secondary reference]

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): 871 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron deanei (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca lanceolata Benth. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca lanceolata R.Br. ex R.T.Baker nom. illeg. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca leucadendra var. parvifolia Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Melaleuca. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 203 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Melaleuca deanii F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron deanii Kuntze orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron deanei (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca lanceolata Benth. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca lanceolata R.Br. ex R.T.Baker nom. illeg. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca leucadendron var. parvifolia Benth. orth. var. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca leucadendra var. parvifolia Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW

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