Black, J.M. (1925), Additions to the Flora of South Australia, No. 23. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 49: 275 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Kangaroo Island; Encounter Bay; Goolwa; southern Yorke Peninsula; South-East."

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 407 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 607 [secondary reference]

Carrick, J. & Chorney, K. (25 June 1979), A review of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(5): 288 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "South Australia, between Kingscote and Karatta, Ayliffe s.n., (AD97631325)."

Carrick, J. & Chorney, K. (25 June 1979), A review of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(5): 288 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca decussata R.Br. 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): 872 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca decussata R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca decussata R.Br. legitimate

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