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: 322 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Drum. V, n. 23."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 6 [basionym]

basionym of: Micromyrtus obovata (Turcz.) J.W.Green legitimate

Rye, B.L. (6 December 2002), A revision of south-western Australian species of Micromyrtus (Myrtaceae) with five antisepalous ribs on the hypanthium. Nuytsia 15(1): 114 [secondary reference]

• Type: south-western Australia, [Western Australia], 1847-1849, J. Drummond coll. 5 suppl., n. 23 (holo: KW n.v., photograph PERTH; iso: K n.v., PERTH 01829548, 01828564).

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Micromyrtus obovata (Turcz.) J.W.Green legitimate

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