Schauer, J.C. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Myrtaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 135 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In regionibus interioribus Australiae meridionali-occidentalis, Octobri 1840. deflorata. Herb. Preiss. No. 320."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 154 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca scabra R.Br. 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): 890 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Lectotypus (here chosen): Oct. 1840, Preiss 320 (LD, lecto; MEL fragm, isolecto).

• APC Dist.: WA

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