Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Leguminosae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 11 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In regionibus interioribus Australiae meridionali-occidentalis m. Nov. 1840, Herb. Preiss. florens No. 949. (Drummond n. 284!)."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 84 [secondary reference]

Maslin, B.R. & Cowan, R.S. (14 June 1994), C.F.Meissner's species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae): typification of the names. Nuytsia 9(3): 402 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Swan R., J.Drummond 284; lecto: BM (sheet labelled herb. Shuttleworth), fide B.R.Maslin & R.S.Cowan, Nuytsia 9: 402 (1994); isolecto: G; ?isolecto: K, OXF, W (specimens numbered '289' apparently in error); interior of south-west W.A., Nov. 1840, L.Preiss 949; paralecto: LD.

Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 66-67, Fig. 14G-H, Map 96 [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): 453 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma benthamii (Meisn.) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Acacia benthamii Meisn. var. benthamii legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma benthamii (Meisn.) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 98-99, photos 7-9 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma benthamii (Meisn.) Pedley legitimate common name: Bentham's Wattle [n/a]

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