Maslin, B.R. (2 April 1992), Acacia Miscellany 6. Review of Acacia victoriae and related species (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: Section Phyllodineae). Nuytsia 8(2): 290, fig. 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Near Nullagine, Western Australia, 26 Oct. 1973, H. Demarz D4751 (holo: PERTH; iso: K).

common name: Nullagine Ghost Wattle [n/a]

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 375, Plate 28, Fig. 39D-F, Map 217 [secondary reference]

• Type: 3 miles [c. 5 km] S of Nullagine, W.A., 26 Oct. 1973, H.Demarz D4751 ; holo: PERTH; iso: K.

common name: Nullagine Ghost Wattle [n/a]

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 450 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma aphanocladum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma aphanocladum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Maslin, B.R., van Leeuwen, S. & Reid, J. (2010), Wattles of the Pilbara: - [secondary reference]

common name: Nullagine Ghost Wattle [n/a]

• Etymology: "The botanical name is derived from the Greek aphanes (unseen, invisible, obscure) and klados (branch), in reference to the characteristic spindly, wispy growth habit of this species. Similarly, the common name is in allusion to the growth habit (and also the area where the species grows)."

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma aphanocladum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia aff. victoriae (H.Demarz D4751) [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA

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