Cheel, E. (1925), Two new species of Callistemon, with notes on certain other species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 50(3): 260 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Western watershed, Thompson River Fall, North Queensland (J.R. Chisholm, August, 1921)."

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 36 [secondary reference]

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

basionym of: Melaleuca chisholmii (Cheel) Craven legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Callistemon chisholmi Cheel orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca chisholmii (Cheel) Craven legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Melaleuca chisholmii in Qld.
• APC Dist.: Qld

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