Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(21): 120 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Phymatocarpus porphyrocephalus F.Muell.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 171-172 [secondary reference]

Baillon, H.E. (1876), Histoire des Plantes 6: 360 [basionym]

basionym of: Beaufortia sect. Phymatocarpus (F.Muell.) Baill. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 56 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 661 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA

Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. (2014), New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3): 664 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca L. nom. cons.

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