McDonald, M.W. & Maslin, B.R. (29 August 1997), A reappraisal of Acacia cowleana and allied taxa, including the description of a new species, A. elachantha, from the tropical dry-zone of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10(3): 317, figs. 3a, 4 [primary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia elachantha Maslin & M.W.McDonald legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia elachantha Maslin & M.W.McDonald legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia elachantha Maslin & M.W.McDonald legitimate

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