Fitzgerald, W.V. (1904), Additions to the West Australian Flora. Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society 2(1): 10 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Arrino, Sept. 1903. – W.V.F."

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), William Vincent Fitzgerald's species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae): typification of the names. Nuytsia 9(3): 390 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here selected): Arrino, W.A., Sept. 1903, W.V.Fitzgerald s.n.; lecto: NSW 167229, isolecto: NSW 167228, PERTH00744735, 00744743 & 00744727.

Maslin, B.R. (8 June 1999), Acacia miscellany 16. The taxonomy of fifty-five species of Acacia, primarily Western Australian, in section Phyllodineae (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Nuytsia 12(3): 338 [basionym]

basionym of: Acacia congesta subsp. cliftoniana (W.Fitzg.) Maslin legitimate

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 546 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia congesta subsp. cliftoniana (W.Fitzg.) Maslin legitimate

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 457 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma congestum subsp. cliftonianum (W.Fitzg.) Pedley legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia congesta subsp. cliftoniana (W.Fitzg.) Maslin legitimate

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