Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(23): 153 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Inter flumen Bonney et montem Morphett. J. Macd. Stuart."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 144-145 [secondary reference]

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 dissitiflorum (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 252 [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): 290-291 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Myrtaceae (most, not Eucalyptus). Flora of Central Australia: 254, Fig. 335D [secondary reference]

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

Byrnes, N.B. (24 July 1986), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 3. Austrobaileya 2(3): 269-270 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 55 [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): 874 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron dissitiflorum (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron dissitiflorum (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate pro parte misapplication: Melaleuca linophylla F.Muell. legitimate by George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Myrtaceae (most, not Eucalyptus). Flora of Central Australia: 255 misapplication: Melaleuca trichostachya Lindl. legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 92 misapplication: Melaleuca linophylla F.Muell. legitimate by Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 233

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld

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