Lectotype of Leptospermum ericoides var. microflora G.Simpson (N. Potts s.n., CHR 48079) as selected by Allan (1961). This sheet has no nomenclatural status as it cannot unequivocally be shown to have been handled by the naming author George Simpson. The label details are written in the hand of T. Rawson then technician to H. H. Allan (P. B. Heenan pers. comm.).