Blakely, W.F. (22 December 1917), On a new species of Acacia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42(3): 441 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Manilla, New South Wales (L.H. Preston and H. Stoddart; flowers, September; and fruits, December, 1916)."

White, C.T. (1939), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50: 71 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (20 July 1978), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 1. Austrobaileya 1(2): 146 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 147 [secondary reference]

Morrison, D.A. & Davies, S.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 349, pl. 25 [secondary reference]

common name: Motherumbah [n/a]

Tindale, M.D., Kodela, P.G. & Davies, S.J. (19 October 1992), Acacia bulgaensis and A. matthewii, two new species of Acacia section Juliflorae (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) allied to A. cheelii, from eastern New South Wales, Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(5): 651, Figs. 1, 4 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: New South Wales: Manilla, L.H. Preston, ix.1916 (NSW); Syntypes: Manilla, about 10 miles from town. H. Stoddart, ix.1916 (flowering specimen); Manilla, L.H. Preston, xii.1916 (fruiting specimen).

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

common name: Motherumbah [n/a] common name: Motherum bung [n/a]

Kodela, P.G. (1998), Notes on types of some Acacia species (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) at the National Herbarium of New South Wales. Telopea 7(4): 421 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 264-265, Fig. 53G-I, Map 355 [secondary reference]

• Type: Manilla, N.S.W., Sept. 1916, L.H.Preston ; lecto: NSW, fide M.D.Tindale et al. , Austral. Syst. Bot. 5: 651 (1992); Manilla, N.S.W., Dec. 1916, L.H.Preston ; paralecto: K, NSW; Manilla, c. 10 miles [16 km] from town, N.S.W., Sept. 1916, H.Stoddart ; paralecto: K, NSW.

common name: Motherumbah [n/a]

Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 261 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Acacia blakei Pedley subsp. blakei legitimate by White, C.T. (1939), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 50: 71

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

common name: Motherumbah [n/a]

Kodela, P.G. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 422 [secondary reference]

common name: Motherumbah [n/a]

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 456 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma cheelii (Blakely) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma cheelii (Blakely) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW

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