Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 140 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Drummond 5th Coll. n. 160, J.S. Roe."

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 609 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca adnata Turcz. legitimate

Carrick, J. & Chorney, K. (25 June 1979), A review of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(5): 285 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca adnata Turcz. 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): 858 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca adnata Turcz. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Melaleuca eleutherostachya var. abietina Benth. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca adnata Turcz. legitimate

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