Schauer, J.C. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Myrtaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 146 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In glareosis sterilissimis collium Wariup hills (distr. Gooderich) rarissima, Octobri 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 183a."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 162 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 56 [secondary reference]

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

basionym of: Myrtoleucodendron micromerum (Schauer) Kuntze legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 130 [secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 117, 135 [secondary reference]

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): 890 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Lectotypus (here chosen): Western Australia: Wariup Hills, Oct. 1840, Preiss 183a (LD, lecto, n.v.: MEL, isolecto, n.v.).

nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron micromerum (Schauer) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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