McDonald, M.W. (13 May 2003), Revision of Acacia tumida (Leguminoseae: Mimosoideae) and close allies, including the description of three rare taxa. Australian Systematic Botany 16(2): 160-162, Figs 11 (map), 13 [tax. nov.]

• Type: 2.4 km N along turn-off to Wallal Downs and 80 Mile Beach from Great Northern Highway, M. W. McDonald 2539 and P. A. Butcher, 5.xi.1998 (holo-, PERTH; iso-, BRI, CANB).

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 491 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma tumidum var. kulparn (M.W.McDonald) Pedley legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Acacia tumida var. kalparn Pedley orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma tumidum var. kalparn Pedley orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma tumidum var. kulparn (M.W.McDonald) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

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

common name: Kulparn [n/a]

• Etymology: "The botanical name comes from the Latin tumida (swollen). Ferdinand von Mueller, who first described the species, did not indicate the reason for the epithet, but the type material shows ±terete pods which may account for his use of this name. The varietal epithet and common name, Kulparn, is taken from the traditional name used by the Walmajarri Aborigines from the Great Sandy Desert for this plant (Lowe and Pike [in Jilji, life in the Great Sandy Desert p. 147] 1994)."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma tumidum var. kalparn Pedley orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma tumidum var. kulparn (M.W.McDonald) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia tumida var. kulparn M.W.McDonald & Maslin nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Acacia tumida var. kalparn Pedley orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

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