Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 159 [tax. nov.]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 142 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 188 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 167 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca erubescens Otto legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 144 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca diosmatifolia Dum.Cours. legitimate

Byrnes, N.B. (24 July 1986), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 3. Austrobaileya 2(3): 266 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca diosmatifolia Dum.Cours. legitimate

Cowley, K.J., Quinn, F.C., Barlow, B.A. & Craven, L.A. (17 August 1990), Contributions to a revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 7-10. Australian Systematic Botany 3(2): 190 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca diosmatifolia Dum.Cours. 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): 873 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca diosmatifolia Dum.Cours. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca diosmatifolia Dum.Cours. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca diosmatifolia Dum.Cours. legitimate

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