Maslin, B.R. (23 May 1974), Studies in the genus Acacia - 2 - Miscellaneous new phyllodinous species. Nuytsia 1(4): 315-318, figs 1, 2, 4A. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "19 km N of Sandfire roadhouse (between Broome and Port Hedland), on Great Northern Highway, Western Australia, 9 June 1972, B.R. Maslin 2702 (holo: PERTH; iso: BRI, CANB, K, NSW, NY)."

• Etymology: "The specific epithet alludes to the large flower heads which are typical of A. ampliceps."

Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 133, Fig. 159L [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 83 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 48 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Mimosaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 293 [secondary reference]

Chapman, A.R. & Maslin, B.R. (2 April 1992), Acacia Miscellany 5. A review of the A. bivenosa group (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: Section Phyllodineae). Nuytsia 8(2): 253 [secondary reference]

Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]

common name: Salt Wattle [n/a] common name: Nyarlka [n/a] common name: Jila Jila Bush [n/a]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 129 [secondary reference]

common name: Salt Wattle [n/a]

Chapman, A.R. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 395-396, Fig. 44J-L, Map 238 [secondary reference]

common name: Salt Wattle [n/a]

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 449 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma ampliceps (Maslin) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma ampliceps (Maslin) Pedley legitimate

• APC Comment: This taxon has been misidentified in collections as A. salicina. Hybrids between A. ampliceps and both A. sclerosperma subsp. sclerosperma and A. bivenosa are known.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT

Maslin, B.R. & van Leeuwen, S. (2008), Wattles of the Pilbara: 6-7 [secondary reference]

common name: Salt wattle [n/a]

• Etymology: "The botanical name ampliceps refers to the large flower heads which are typical of this species."
• Vernacular: yirringan (Ngarluma, Yindjibarndi, Kurrama)

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

common name: Spring Wattle [n/a] common name: River Wattle [n/a] common name: Salt Wattle [n/a]

• Etymology: "The botanical name is derived from the Latin amplus (large) and -ceps (head) in allusion to the large flower heads which are typical of this species."
• Vernacular: Munturu (Nyangumarta)
• Vernacular: Yiringan (Kurrama, Yindjibarndi, Ngarluma)
• Vernacular: Nyuuwily (Nyangumarta)
• Vernacular: Nyuuwily (Putijarra)
• Vernacular: NyiWily (Nyangumarta)
• Vernacular: Yirringan (Kurrama, Yindjibarndi, Ngarluma)

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