Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. (30 May 1990), Acacia Miscellany 3. Some new microneurous taxa of Western Australia related to A. multineata (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: Section Plurinerves) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 7(2): 216-217, Fig. 1I-J [tax. nov.]

• Type: "7km S of Mount Madden towards Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, 28 August 1973, B.R.Maslin 3446 (holo: PERTH; iso: AD, B, BM, BRI, CANB, G, K, MEL, MO, NSW, NY, W)."

• Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the yellow border of the phyllodes (a patagium was the golden border around the hem of the robe of Roman ladies, hence patagiatus or bordered)."

Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 28-29, Fig. 6S-T, Map 41 [secondary reference]

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

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 480 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma patagiatum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma patagiatum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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