Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(21): 121 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In planitiebus arenosis flumen Murchison versus A. Oldfield."

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

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

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 131 [secondary reference]

Craven, L.A. (24 January 2000), A new species of Phymatocarpus (Myrtaceae) from southwestern Australia. Muelleria 12(2): 133 [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): 669 [basionym]

basionym of: Melaleuca porphyrocephala (F.Muell.) Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca porphyrocephala (F.Muell.) Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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