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): 241-243 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "1.6 km N of Cue towards Meekatharra, Western Australia, 30 July 1974, B.R.Maslin 3594; (holo: PERTH 00187275; iso: CANB, K, MEL, NY)."

• Etymology: "The furrowed phyllodes provide the basis for the specific epithet, from two latinized Greek words, aulakos, with the meaning of a furrow and phyllon for leaf."

Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 56, Fig. 12Q-S, Map 81 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 452 [basionym]

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

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

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

• APC Dist.: WA

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