Linnaeus, C. (October 1767), Systema Naturae Edn. 12, 2: 282, 293 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Prosopis spicigera L.

Linnaeus, C. (October 1767), Mantissa Plantarum 1: 10, 68 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (1 December 1977), Notes on Leguminosae. I. Austrobaileya 1(1): 29-32 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 594 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 151 [secondary reference]

Whibley, D.J.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (Neptunia, Prosopis). Flora of Central Australia: 114-115 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Mimosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 334-335 [secondary reference]

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Prosopis. Flora of New South Wales 2: 325 [secondary reference]

common name: Mesquite [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Mimosaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 343 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J., Maslin, B.R., Cowan, R.S. & Court, A.B. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Mimosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 658 [secondary reference]

Perry, G. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Prosopis. Flora of Australia 12: 7-8 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Neltuma Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Algarobia Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Strombocarpa (Benth.) A.Gray legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sopropis Britton & Rose legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Prosopis. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 378 [secondary reference]

common name: Mesquite [n/a]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 701-702 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Neltuma Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Algarobia Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prosopis sect. Strombocarpa Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Strombocarpa (Benth.) A.Gray legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sopropis Britton & Rose legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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