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

• Type: "Everist 872 (BRI, holo)."

Byrnes, N.B. (29 August 1985), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 2. Austrobaileya 2(2): 135-136 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 140 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Myrtaceae - Melaleuca to Pilidostigma. Flora of New South Wales 2: 176 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca adnata var. B [n/a]

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): 873 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Melaleuca. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 201 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca adnata var. B [n/a]

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