Summerhayes, V.S. & Comber, H.F. in Comber, H.F. (1930), Field Notes of Tasmanian Plants collected by H.F.Comber 1929/30: 19, 51 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "[Comber] 1,443. Leptospermum erythrocarpum (a.) ... common in heathy land up to 1,000 feet... See also 1,459, 1,510, 2,211. [Comber] 2,192. Leptospermum erythrocarpum (b.)... from poor, stony hillside with high rainfall, at 2,000 ft.... See also 2,051, 2,052, 2,273."

Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 370 [secondary reference]

• Type: "HOLOTYPE: TASMANIA: Coles Bay, east of Swansea, at Hazards, 300m alt; Comber 2322, April 20, 1930 (K, n.v.)."

Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 370 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptospermum glaucescens S.Schauer legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Leptospermum glaucescens S.Schauer legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptospermum glaucescens S.Schauer legitimate

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): 566 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "...(designated here): Tasmania, Cambridge between Bellerive and Sorrell, 29 Oct 1929, Comber 1443 (K barcode K000993628)."

• Text: "I here select Comber 1443 as lectotype for this taxon, a specimen that is consistent with the description given and bears both flowers and fruit. Thompson (1989: 370) erred in citing Comber 2322 as “holotype” since this number was not included in the Comber publication as applying to this taxon..."

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): 566 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gaudium glaucescens (S.Schauer) Peter G.Wilson legitimate

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