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

• Type: "Victoria and Tasmania."

taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros lophantha Vent. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colvill ex Sweet legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon pallidus (Bonpl.) DC. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 57 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca pallida (Bonpl.) Craven legitimate

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