Pedley, L. (1972), A revision of Acacia lycopodiifolia A. Cunn. ex Hook. and its Allies. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 11: 7 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Burbidge 1609 (PERTH) ... WESTERN AUSTRALIA: De Grey Station, July 1941,"

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Mimosaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 292 [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 128 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 390, Map 523 [secondary reference]

• Type: De Grey Stn, W.A., July 1941, N.T.Burbidge 1609 ; holo: PERTH.

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 448 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma adoxum var. subglabrum (Pedley) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma adoxum var. subglabrum (Pedley) Pedley legitimate

• APC Comment: Possible hybrids are known between A. hippuroides and A. adoxa var. subglabra (George, 2001).
• APC Dist.: WA

Maslin, B.R. & van Leeuwen, S. (2008), Wattles of the Pilbara: 4 [secondary reference]

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

• Etymology: "The variety name is taken from the Latin sub- (less than, somewhat, etc.) and glabra (hairless, smooth), and refers to the hairless or sparsely hairy phyllodes and petals which distinguish this variety from var. adoxa."

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