Maslin, B.R. & van Leeuwen, S. (21 August 2008), New taxa of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) and notes on other species from the Pilbara and adjacent desert regions of Western Australia. Nuytsia 18: 164, 166-169, Fig. 7 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Little Sandy Desert, 8.2 km north-west of Cooma Well, 31.4 km south-south-west of Burranbar Pool on Savory Creek, 28.2 km east-south-east of Weelarrana Homestead, 22.5 km north-north-east of Moffetah Well, 12 October 1996, S. van Leeuwen 2858 (holo: PERTH 06782248; iso: K, MEL).

taxonomic synonym: Acacia validinervia (Pilbara variant) [n/a] misapplication: Acacia steedmanii Maiden & Blakely legitimate by Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 132, Fig. 159K

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Acacia steedmanii subsp. borealis Maslin manuscript name misapplication: Acacia steedmanii Maiden & Blakely legitimate by Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 132, Fig. 159K

• APC Dist.: WA

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

common name: Roadside Wattle (in the Pilbara) [n/a] common name: Northern Steedman's Wattle [n/a]

• Etymology: "The species is named for Harry Steedman (Hall [in Botanists of the Eucalypts p. 180] 1978). The subspecies name is derived from the Latin borealis (northern) and alludes to the distribution of this taxon relative to the typical subspecies."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Acacia steedmanii subsp. borealis Maslin manuscript name taxonomic synonym: Acacia sp. Little Sandy Desert (B.R.Maslin 2139) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Acacia validinervia (Pilbara variant) [n/a] misapplication: Acacia steedmanii Maiden & Blakely legitimate by Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 132, Fig. 159K

• APC Dist.: WA

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