Skeels, H.C. (1912), United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Bulletin: 41 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Melaleuca pubescens Schauer 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 lanceolata Otto legitimate

Barlow, B.A. & Cowley, K.J. (1988), Contributions to a Revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 4-6. Australian Systematic Botany 1(2): 119 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca lanceolata Otto subsp. lanceolata legitimate

Barlow, B.A. & Cowley, K.J. (1988), Contributions to a Revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 4-6. Australian Systematic Botany 1(2): 118 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca lanceolata Otto 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): 884 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca lanceolata Otto legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca lanceolata Otto legitimate

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