Sweet, R. (1826), Sweet's Hortus Britannicus Edn. 1, 1: 155 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Metrosideros viridiflora Sims legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(26): 54 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Callistemon salignus var. viridiflorus (Sims) F.Muell. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 203 [secondary reference]

Craven, L.A. (2006), New combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Novon 16(4): 473 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca virens Craven legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Callistemon viridiflorum Sweet orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros viridiflora Breiter nom. inval., nom. nud. nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros viridiflora Sims legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon viridiflorus (Sims) Sweet var. viridiflorus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon salignus var. viridiflorus (Sims) F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon salignus f. viridiflorus (Sims) Siebert & Voss legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca virens Craven legitimate isonym: Callistemon viridiflorus (Sims) DC. isonym

• APC Comment: Treated as Melaleuca virens in Tas.
• APC Dist.: Tas

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca virens Craven legitimate

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