Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1842), Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species. London Journal of Botany 1: 320, 334 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited.)

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(24): 3, 4 [basionym]

basionym of: Acacia sect. Pungentes (Benth.) F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 303, 323 [basionym]

basionym of: Acacia ser. Pungentes (Benth.) Benth. legitimate

Bentham, G. (1875), Revision of the Suborder Mimosae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 30(3): 444, 448 [basionym]

basionym of: Acacia subser. Pungentes (Benth.) Benth. legitimate

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