Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(26): 63 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In locis arenosis apud sinum Israelite Bay. Maxw."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 64 [basionym]

basionym of: Micromyrtus elobata (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 53 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. (6 December 2002), Lectotypification of two Western Australian species of Micromyrtus (Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 15(1): 153 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: sandy places inland of Israelite Bay, [Western Australia], G. Maxwell (lecto: MEL 71324, here designated). Excluded syntype: Israelite Bay, [Western Australia], G. Maxwell (MEL 71325).

Rye, B.L. (16 December 2006), A partial revision of the south-western Australian species of Micromyrtus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 16(1): 130 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Micromyrtus elobata (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

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