Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1842), Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species. London Journal of Botany 1: 377 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Goulburn and Sim's Islands, N. Coast, Cunningham."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 411 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 46 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 163 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 235 [secondary reference]

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Pedley, L. (1975), Revision of the extra-Australian species of Acacia subg. Heterophyllum. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 18: 17-18 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "South Goulburn I., Voyage of "Bathurst", Cunningham (K, holo)."

Pedley, L. (20 July 1978), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 1. Austrobaileya 1(2): 172-173 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (1986), Derivation and dispersal of Acacia (Leguminosae), with particular reference to Australia, and the recognition of Senegalia and Racosperma. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 92(3): 247 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma auriculiforme (Benth.) Pedley legitimate

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]

Christophel, D.C. & Hyland, B.P.M. in Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Leaf Atlas of Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees. Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system: 10, 23, 149, pl. 87(i), Code 917 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1: 109, 123, 135, Code 917 [secondary reference]

common name: Northern Black Wattle [n/a] common name: Ear Pod Wattle [n/a] common name: Black Wattle [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2: 252, Code 917 [secondary reference]

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common name: Northern Black Wattle [n/a] common name: Ear pod Wattle [n/a] common name: Darwin Black Wattle [n/a] common name: Black Wattle [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 307 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 6-8, Fig. 2 [secondary reference]

common name: Black Wattle [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 73 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 169-170, Plate 27, Map 239 APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Acacia auriculaeformis Benth. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma auriculiforme (Benth.) Pedley legitimate common name: Ear-pod Wattle [n/a] common name: Northern Black Wattle [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT, Qld

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma auriculiforme (Benth.) Pedley legitimate common name: Ear-pod Wattle [n/a] common name: Northern Black Wattle [n/a]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 301 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Acacia auriculaeformis Benth. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma auriculiforme (Benth.) Pedley legitimate common name: Northern Black Wattle [n/a] common name: Ear-pod Wattle [n/a]

Parker, C.M. (10 March 2015), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2014. Nuytsia 25: 15 [secondary reference]

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