Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 522 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Zeylona."

Willdenow, C.L. (April 1806), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 4(2): 1090 [basionym]

basionym of: Acacia pennata (L.) Willd. legitimate

Merrill, E.D. & Perry, L.M. (1942), Plantae Papuanae Archboldianae, X. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 23(4): 396 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia pennata (L.) Willd. legitimate

Brenan, J.P.M. & Exell, A.W. (1957), Acacia pennata (L.) Willd. and its relatives in tropical Africa. Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana 31: 100-102 [secondary reference]

Nielsen, I. in Aubréville, A. (ed.) (1981), Legumineuses- Mimosoidees. Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam 19: 66 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "herb. Hermann, 3: 7, n˚ 216 (holo [sic; lecto]-, BM)."

Maslin, B.R. (18 December 2012), New combinations in Senegalia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) for Australia. Nuytsia 22(6): 466 [basionym]

basionym of: Senegalia pennata (L.) Maslin legitimate

Turner, I.M. (24 January 2022), From Tranquebar to Madras and back again, again: Typification of the plant names published in Rottler’s account of an Indian journey in 1799–1800. Taxon 71(2): [online only] [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Senegalia pennata (L.) Maslin legitimate

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