Hayne, F.G. (1827), Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in der Arzneykunde Gebrauchlichen Gewachse 10: t. 33 [tax. nov.]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 86 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Mimosaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 223 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Acacia horrida (L.) Willd. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised)

Banfi, E.A. & Galasso, G. (2008), New combinations in Vachellia Wight & Arn., formerly Acacia Mill. s.s. (Fabaceae). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 149(1): 149 [basionym]

basionym of: Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso legitimate

Kyalangalilwa, B., Boatwright, J.S., Daru, B.H., Maurin, O. & Bank, M. van der (2013), Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 172: 513 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso legitimate

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