Mueller, F.J.H. von (1878), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 11(88): 10 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In plagis arenosis ad fluvios Irwin's, Arrowsmith's et Greenough's River; F.M."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 57 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 123 [secondary reference]

Hnatiuk, R.J. (30 December 1993), A revision of the genus Eremaea (Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 9(2): 162 [secondary reference]

• Type: Upper Irwin's and Arrowsmith's Rivers, Nov. 1877, F. Muell. (Holo: MEL: iso: K; photos: CBG, PERTH).

• APC Dist.: WA

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 363 [secondary reference]

common name: Violet Eremaea [n/a]

Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. (2014), New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3): 668 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Melaleuca kybeliona Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca kybeliona Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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