Maslin, B.R. (14 October 1982), Studies in the genus Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) - 11. Acacia species of the Hamersley Range area, Western Australia. Nuytsia 4(1): 73-75, Figs 2, 10 (map) [tax. nov.]

• Type: "11 km E of Wittenoom on the road to Port Hedland, Western Australia. 12 July 1980. B.R. Maslin 4644 ... (holo: PERTH; iso: CANB, K, MEL)."

• Etymology: "The specific epithet alludes to the characteristically ascending phyllodes and also to the erect inflorescences which bear legumes that are held rigidly erect."

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

Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 228-229, Fig. 48H-J, Map 319 [secondary reference]

Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia: - [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 451 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma arrectum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma arrectum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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

common name: Fortescue Wattle [n/a] common name: Yarnda Nyirra Wattle [n/a]

• Etymology: "The botanical name is derived from the Latin arrectus (upright) in allusion to the characteristically erect phyllodes, peduncles and pods. The common name Yarnda Nyirra Wattle is from the Yindjibarndi peoples name for the Fortescue River and thus reflects the distribution of A. arrecta which is almost entirely restricted to the Fortescue sub- region of the Pilbara. The Yindjibarndi people are the traditional owners of the lands in the west Pilbara around Millstream on the Fortescue River."

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