Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. (30 October 1991), Acacia tesellata, A. cangaiensis and A. dangarensis (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae), three new species from Northern New South Wales, Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 4(3): 582 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "New South Wales: Munningyundo Pt, junction of Mann and Nymboida rivers [Nymboida National Park], alt. 600 m., 29° 39′S., 152° 29′E., shrub 4 m tall, stem 7cm in diam., bark smooth, on steep rocky granite slopes, A.G.Floyd 1644, 26.ii.1981 (NSW 234291). Isotypi: A, AD, B, BM, BRI, CANB, CBG, K, L, MEL, NY, PERTH, US.

• Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to Cangai State Forest where this species was first collected and recognised as a new species."

Morrison, D.A. & Davies, S.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 385 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 218, Fig. 5U-V, Map 22 [secondary reference]

Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia: - [secondary reference]

Kodela, P.G. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 470 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 455 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma cangaiense (Tindale & Kodela) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma cangaiense (Tindale & Kodela) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW

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