Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(21): 119 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "... vidi sine floribus ex eodem loco allatam."

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

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca filifolia F.Muell. 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): 892 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca nematophylla F.Muell. ex Craven legitimate

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