Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. (11 January 1995), Acacia Miscellany 11. Miscellaneous taxa of northern and eastern Australia of Acacia section Plurinerves (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Nuytsia 10(1): 76 [tax. nov.]

• Type: upper Rudall River area, Western Australia, 5 September 1971, B.R. Maslin 2127 (holo: PERTH 00701874; iso: BRI, K, NSW, US).

Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 147, Fig. 31N-P, Map 209 [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): 484 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma retiveneum subsp. clandestinum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma retiveneum subsp. clandestinum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia retivenea subsp. A legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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

• Etymology: "The species name is derived from the Latin retis (a net) and vena (blood vessel) in allusion to the prominent net-like reticulum of anastomosing veins that characterizes the phyllodes. The subspecies name is taken from the Latin clandestinus (hidden or secret) in reference to the long period of time that this entity remained unrecognized as a distinct taxon."

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