Turczaninow, P.K.N.S. (15 June 1852), Myrtaceae Xerocarpicae, in Nova Hollandia a cl. Drumond [sic; Drummond] lectae et plerumque in collectione ejus quinta distributae, determinatae et descriptae. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 341 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Drum. V, n. 140."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 130 [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): 176 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca elliptica Labill. 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): 874 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca elliptica Labill. legitimate

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