Aiton, W.T. (1812), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 4: 415 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nat. of the South Coast of New Holland. Robert Brown, Esq."

Loddiges, C., Loddiges, G. & Loddiges, W. (1819), The Botanical Cabinet 4: t. 378 [secondary reference]

common name: Splendid Melaleuca [n/a]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 131-132 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 55 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 241 [basionym]

basionym of: Myrtoleucodendron fulgens (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 129 [secondary reference]

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): 171-172 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron fulgens (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca steedmanii C.A.Gardner legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca corrugata J.M.Black ex Eardley 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): 877 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron fulgens (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA

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