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): 460 [tax. nov.]

• Type: 6 miles [9.6 km] north-west of Southern Cross towards Bullfinch, Western Australia, 12 August 1971, B.R. Maslin 1956 (holo: PERTH 00196819; iso: CANB, K, NY).

Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 75, Fig. 16K-M, Map 109 [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): 465 [basionym]

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

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

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

• APC Dist.: WA

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