Maslin, B.R. (30 May 1990), Acacia Miscellany 4. Three new Western Australian species with affinities to A. wilhelmiana (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: Section Plurinerves) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 7(2): 223-225 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Chiddarcooping Nature Reserve, Western Australia, 23 July 1989, B.R.Maslin 6382 (holo: PERTH; iso: AD, B, BM, BRI, CANB, G, K, MEL, MO, NSW, NY, PERTH, Z)."

• Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the characteristic phyllode orientation."

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 12, Fig. 3R-T, Map 15 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 451 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma ascendens (Maslin) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma ascendens (Maslin) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma ascendens (Maslin) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia aff. abrupta (S.D.Hopper 6405) [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA

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