Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 185, 270, fig. 11 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "South Bay, Bickerton Island (common in gorges in the sandstone hills): 642; Oenpelli (watercourse in the sandstone hills): 1.135 N.-M. eg. Type – R.L. Specht 642 – Brisbane (BRI)."

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]

Byrnes, N.B. (29 August 1985), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 2. Austrobaileya 2(2): 138 [secondary reference]

Brennan, K.G. (1986), Wildflowers of Kakadu: 12, Pl. 5 [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. (1989), Reinstatement and revision of Asteromyrtus (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 1(4): 381 [secondary reference]

• Type: Australia. Northern Territory: Bickerton Island, South Bay, Specht 642 (BRI, holo.; CANB, MEL, iso.).

Craven, L.A. (1989), Reinstatement and revision of Asteromyrtus (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 1(4): 381 [basionym]

basionym of: Asteromyrtus magnifica (Specht) Craven legitimate

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