Maiden, J.H. & Blakely, W.F. (1927), Descriptions of fifty new species and six varieties of western and northern Australian Acacias, and notes on four other species. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 13: 10, t. vi, Figs 20-25 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Near Cape Arid (G. Maxwell, 1875). The type."

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

Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 33, Fig. 8A-B, Map 49 [secondary reference]

• Type: near Cape Arid, W.A., 1875, G.Maxwell ; holo: NSW.

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): 457 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma chrysopodum (Maiden & Blakely) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma chrysopodum (Maiden & Blakely) Pedley legitimate

• APC Comment: Maslin (2001) discussed two unnamed variants.
• APC Dist.: WA

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