Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. (25 July 1995), Acacia Miscellany 15. Five groups of microneurous species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: section Plurinerves), mostly from Western Australia. Nuytsia 10(2): 240-241 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "83.9 miles [135 km] from Albany on Borden- Pingrup road, Western Australia, 25 May 1973, A.M.Ashby 4724; (holo: PERTH 00686670; iso: BRI, CANB, K, MEL, NSW, NY, PERTH 00688789)."

• Etymology: "The colour of the dried phyllodes suggested the name for this taxon, from two Latin words, atratus meaning dark, and viridis, a word for green."

Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 58, Fig. 12W, Map 83 [secondary reference]

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

basionym of: Racosperma assimile subsp. atroviride (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma assimile subsp. atroviride (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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