Schauer, J.C. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Myrtaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 121-122 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In glareosis sublimosis sterilibus silvae cis fl. Gordon-River (Hay), Nov. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 133; in glareosis silvae haud longe a fonte St. Rozen's-well (York), Aprili sine flor: Herb. Preiss. No. 134. Vasse-River: Mrs Molloy!."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 109 [secondary reference]

• Type: "W. Australia. Gordon river, Preiss, n. 133; Gardner ranges, Maxwell, also Drummond, 1st Coll. n. 145, Roe."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 54 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 128 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 411 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 359-361, map 4-13 [secondary reference]

• Type: "SYNTYPES: WESTERN AUSTRALIA: in glareosis sublimosis sterilibus silvae cis fl. Gordon-River (Hay), Nov. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 133 (dupls. MEL); in glareosis silvae haud longe a fonte St. Rozen's-well (York), Aprili sine flor: Herb. Preiss. No. 134 (n.v.); Vass-River: Mrs Molloy (n.v., the species would not be found at this locality)."

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 389 [secondary reference]

common name: Roadside Teatree [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 711 [secondary reference]

common name: Roadside Teatree [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Leptospermum erubescens Schauer var. erubescens legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Wilson, Peter G. & Heslewood, M.M. (3 May 2023), Revised taxonomy of the tribe Leptospermeae (Myrtaceae) based on morphological and DNA data. Taxon 72(3): 562 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here): Western Australia, Gordon-River (Hay), Herb. Preiss. No. 133 (LD barcode 1241426)."

Wilson, Peter G. & Heslewood, M.M. (3 May 2023), Revised taxonomy of the tribe Leptospermeae (Myrtaceae) based on morphological and DNA data. Taxon 72(3): 562 [basionym]

basionym of: Leptospermopsis erubescens (Schauer) Peter G.Wilson legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2024), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2023. Nuytsia 35: 6 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Leptospermopsis erubescens (Schauer) Peter G.Wilson legitimate

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