Cunningham, A. in Field, B. (ed.) (April 1825), On the botany of the Blue Mountains. Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales: 349 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 108 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptospermum myrtifolium Sieber ex DC. legitimate

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 266 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 167 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 385-386, map 5-37 APC [secondary reference]

• Type: "HOLOTYPE: NEW SOUTH WALES: barren, brushy hills near Bathurst, A. Cunningham 127 (K, n.v., photo NSW)."

• APC Dist.: NSW, ACT, Vic

Thompson, J. & Logan, V. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Leptospermum. Flora of New South Wales 2: 161 [secondary reference]

Lyne, A.M. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Leptospermum. Flora of Victoria 3: 1014, Fig. 208g [secondary reference]

common name: Silver Teatree [n/a]

Thompson, J. & Logan, V. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Leptospermum. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 185 [secondary reference]

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]

• Type: "Holotype: New South Wales, 'barren, brushy hills near Bathurst', [1822], Cunningham [127] (K barcode K000843095; isotypes: FR barcode FR-0036684, K barcode K000843094, MEL barcode MEL 727237)."

• Text: "I accept as holotype the specimen bearing a tag written by Alan Cunningham that gives the verbatim locality as published, and because the other duplicates were distributed after publication of Field’s book."

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 multicaule (A.Cunn.) Peter G.Wilson legitimate

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