Turczaninow, P.K.N.S. (1847), Decas tertia generum adhuc non descriptorum, adjectis descriptionibus nonnullarum specierum Myrtacearum xerocarpicarum atque Umbelliferarum imperfectarum. Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 20(1): 165 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nova Hollandia. Drum. n. 44."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 146 [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 hamulosum (Turcz.) Kuntze legitimate

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 428 [secondary reference]

Ising, E.H. (1958), Notes on the Flora of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 81: 168 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1966), Corrigenda and Addenda to the Supplement to J.M. Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition 1943-1957): - [secondary reference]

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): 189-190 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Western Australia: Swan River, Drummond 44 (holo: KW; iso; CGE, K, LE, photo in CANB, PERTH.)"

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron hamulosum (Turcz.) Kuntze 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): 880 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron hamulosum (Turcz.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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

misapplied to: Melaleuca armillaris subsp. akineta F.C.Quinn legitimate by Ising, E.H. (1958), Notes on the Flora of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 81: 168

---