Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. (8 June 1999), Acacia miscellany 18. The taxonomy of miscellaneous species with sharply pungent phyllodes in Acacia section Plurinerves (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Nuytsia 12(3): 464-465 [tax. nov.]

• Type: 14.1 miles [22.6 km] south of Mullewa-Geraldton rail crossing on Erangy Springs road, Western Australia, 30 July 1972, A.M. Ashby 4622 (holo: PERTH 00714550; iso: CANB, K, NSW, NY, PERTH 00853372).

• Etymology: "Named from the Latin licinus (bent or turned upwards), in reference to the typical phyllode shape."

Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 65-66, Fig. 14 I, Map 94 [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): 472 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma latipes subsp. licinum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma latipes subsp. licinum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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