Brown, R. (1820), Callistemon rigidum. The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment 5: t. 393 [nom. nov.]

• Type: "Our shrub is a native of New Holland."

replaced synonym: Metrosideros linearis Willd. nom. illeg. common name: Stiff-leaved Callistemon [n/a]

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Myrtaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 223 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros linearis Willd. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros viminalis Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 11 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 121 [secondary reference]

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]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 187 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 151, 200 [secondary reference]

common name: Stiff-leaved Bottle-brush [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 291 [secondary reference]

common name: Stiff Bottlebrush [n/a]

Ferguson, I.K. (1972), Callistemon rigidus. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 179(1): t. 619 [secondary reference]

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

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 137, Fig. 18B [secondary reference]

common name: Stiff Bottlebrush [n/a]

Spencer, R.D. & Lumley, P.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Callistemon. Flora of New South Wales 2: 172 [secondary reference]

common name: Stiff Bottlebrush [n/a]

Spencer, R.D. & Lumley, P.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Callistemon. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 197 [secondary reference]

common name: Stiff Bottlebrush [n/a]

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

orthographic variant: Callistemon rigidum R.Br. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon linearis (Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) Colvill ex Sweet legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon linearis (Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) Colvill ex Sweet legitimate

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