Riviere, C.M. (1882), Bulletin de la Societe Nationale D'Acclimatation de France [Paris] 9: 537 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Gulf Carpentaria."

• Comment: nom. illeg., non L.f. (1781).

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): 915 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Melaleuca leucadendron var. latifolia C.Riviere orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate

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