Maslin, B.R. & Whibley, D.J.E. (23 December 1987), The taxonomy of some South Australian Acacia section Phyllodineae species (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Nuytsia 6(1): 19-23, Fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Eyre Peninsula district, Lincoln National Park, 2.6 km N of Port Lincoln-Cape Donnington road towards Stamford Beach, Stamford Hill, South Australia, 18 Sept. 1983, J.D. Briggs 1211 (holo: PERTH; iso: AD, BRI, CBG, MEL, PERTH)."

• Etymology: "Named in honour of Mr R. Alcock who collected extensively on Eyre Peninsula between 1951 and 1970 while employed as a Weed Officer with Local Government."

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 272-274, Fig. 16E-K, Map 96 [secondary reference]

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

basionym of: Racosperma alcockii (Maslin & Whibley) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma alcockii (Maslin & Whibley) Pedley legitimate

• APC Comment: In part, this taxon may be derived from hybrids between A. anceps and A. leiophylla (Maslin, 2001).
• APC Dist.: SA

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