Lindley, J. (1849), Journal of the Horticultural Society of London 4: 112 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "The seeds received from his Excellency Captain Grey, said to have been collected on the north coast of Australia in 1843."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(26): 52 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Callistemon arborescens F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 122 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Callistemon arborescens F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon acerosus Tausch legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 55 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 147 [secondary reference]

Cheel, E. in Maiden, J.H. (April 1918), The Forest Flora of New South Wales 7(62): 61-63, Pl. 235 (I-K) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Callistemon arborescens F.Muell. legitimate misapplication: Callistemon acerosus Tausch legitimate by Miquel, F.A.W. (1856), Stirpes Novo-Hollandas a Ferd Mullero collectas determinavit. Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 4(1): 141

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 406 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 605 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 516 [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Mallee Bottlebrush [n/a] common name: Mallee Bottlebrush [n/a] common name: Prickly Bottlebrush [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 155 [secondary reference]

Spencer, R.D. & Lumley, P.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Callistemon. Flora of New South Wales 2: 171, pl. 13 [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Bottlebrush [n/a]

Spencer, R.D. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Callistemon. Flora of Victoria 3: 1023, Fig. 211a-c [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Bottlebrush [n/a]

Spencer, R.D. & Lumley, P.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Callistemon. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 196 [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Bottlebrush [n/a]

Craven, L.A. (2006), New combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Novon 16(4): 471 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca brachyandra (Lindl.) Craven legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Callistemon brachyandrum Lindl. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon brachyandrus Lindl. var. brachyandrus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca brachyandra (Lindl.) Craven legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon arborescens F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic

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