Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 347-348, map 3-1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "HOLOTYPE: WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 30° 14′ S, 119° 16′ E, 'breakaway' c. 2 km N. of Mt Jackson on road to Die Hardy Range, D.J. McGillivray 3678 & A.S. George, 4.vii.1976 (NSW)."

• Etymology: "This species is named after D.J. McGillivray, Botanist of the National Herbarium of New South Wales who collected and photographed the first specimen. ... The orthography of this specific name follows Rec. 73c.4.(a) of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (1983), and is deliberate."
• APC Dist.: WA

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

doubtful taxonomic synonym: Leptospermum sp. (J.Thompson s.n.) [n/a]

• 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): 564 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Holotype: Western Australia, N. of Mt. Jackson, Macgillivray 3678 & George (NSW barcode NSW483084)."

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): 564 [basionym]

basionym of: Apectospermum macgillivrayi (Joy Thomps.) 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: Apectospermum macgillivrayi (Joy Thomps.) Peter G.Wilson legitimate

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