Schauer, S. (1841), Kritische Revision der in deutschen Garten vorkommenden Arten der Gattung Leptospermum. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 15: 421 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Insula Van-Diemen, unde semina accep. Hort. Berol. et Vratisl."

• Comment: Leptospermum sericeum Hort. Berol. cited in synonymy with a query.

Hooker, J.D. (13 May 1856), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(2): 140 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptospermum myrtifolium Sieber ex DC. legitimate

Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1007 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptospermum pubescens var. commune Domin legitimate

Willis, J.H. (15 July 1967), Systematic notes on the indigenous Australian flora. Muelleria 1(3): 136 [secondary reference]

• Neotype: "(cum floribus): Western foot of Strzelecki Peaks, S.W. Flinders Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, virgate shrubs to 3 m. (10 feet) high, dominating damp sandy heathland—J. H. Willis, 10 Apr. 1954 (MEL). ISO- and PARA-NEOTYPES at MEL, NSW, HO, K."

taxonomic synonym: Eriostemon trinervis Hook. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Leptospermum myrtifolium Sieber ex DC. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 108 misapplication: Leptospermum myrtifolium Sieber ex DC. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 53 misapplication: Leptospermum flavescens Sm. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 53 misapplication: Leptospermum sericeum Labill. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 198

Wilson, Paul G. (10 December 1970), A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae). Nuytsia 1(1): 120 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eriostemon trinervis Hook. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 201 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 370-371, map 4-22 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eriostemon trinervis Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leptospermum erythrocarpum Summerh. & H.F.Comber legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Eriostemon trinerve Hook. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Eriostemon trinervis Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leptospermum erythrocarpum Summerh. & H.F.Comber legitimate misapplication: Leptospermum myrtifolium Sieber ex DC. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (13 May 1856), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(2): 140 misapplication: Leptospermum flavescens Sm. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (13 May 1856), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(2): 139 misapplication: Leptospermum myrtifolium Sieber ex DC. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 53 misapplication: Leptospermum flavescens Sm. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 53 misapplication: Leptospermum sericeum Labill. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 198

• 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: 59 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Leptospermum flavescens var. commune Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 104 misapplication: Leptospermum myrtifolium Sieber ex DC. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 53 misapplication: Leptospermum flavescens Sm. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 53 misapplication: Leptospermum sericeum Labill. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 198

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eriostemon trinerve Hook. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Eriostemon trinervis Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leptospermum erythrocarpum Summerh. & H.F.Comber legitimate misapplication: Leptospermum myrtifolium Sieber ex DC. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (13 May 1856), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(2): 140 misapplication: Leptospermum flavescens Sm. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (13 May 1856), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(2): 139 misapplication: Leptospermum flavescens var. commune Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 104 misapplication: Leptospermum myrtifolium Sieber ex DC. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 53 misapplication: Leptospermum flavescens Sm. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 53 misapplication: Leptospermum sericeum Labill. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 198

• APC Dist.: Tas

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): Cultivated (seed ex Tasmania), unknown collector (FR barcode FR-0036690, right-hand specimen)."

• Text: "In the absence of known type specimens, Willis (1967: 136) designated a neotype for Leptospermum glaucescens. However, this is now superseded with the discovery of original material amongst online specimen images from the Senckenberg Herbarium (FR)..."

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 [basionym]

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

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