Haworth, A.H. (1803), Miscellanea Naturalia, sive Dissertationes Variae ad Historiam Naturalem Spectantes: 41 [primary reference]

• Type: "Cap. Bon. Sp."

• Comment: nom. illeg. – Melaleuca pugioniforme Haw. is cited in synonymy along with several other names.

Haworth, A.H. (1821), Revisiones Plantarum Succulentarum: 112 [secondary reference]

Prescott, A. & Venning, J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Aizoaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 62 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Doubtful names"

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