Otto, C.F. in Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (ed.) (1820), Plantae Rariores quae in Horto Regio Berolinensi a mense ianuario ad ultimum maium anni 1819 floruere. Horae Physicae Berolinensis: 37 [tax. nov.]

nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca diosmatifolia Dum.Cours. legitimate

• Comment: A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 1958 (1991), cites this name as illegitimate "non Nees (1820)". Nees was the editor of the Otto publication and the two instances of the name listed by Chapman are in fact the same.

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 292 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 514 [secondary reference]

common name: Rosy Paper-bark [n/a] common name: Pink Honey-myrtle [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca ericifolia var. erubescens Benth. 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

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 [secondary reference]

• Neotype: "Neotype (here chosen): 'Ex horto botanico Berolinensi', without other collection details (MEL 603189; iso: ?P)."

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

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Myrtaceae - Melaleuca to Pilidostigma. Flora of New South Wales 2: 178 [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): 873 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca diosmatifolia Dum.Cours. legitimate

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Melaleuca. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 204 [secondary reference]

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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