Maiden, J.H. (1920), Notes on Acacias, No. IV, with descriptions of new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 53: 211 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Type, Coolgardie, Western Australia (1899–1900). Description of the fruits from Kunonoppin (Dr. F. Stoward, No. 75)."

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

Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. (11 January 1995), Acacia Miscellany 10. New taxa and notes on previously described taxa of Acacia, mostly section Juliflorae (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae), in Western Australia. Nuytsia 10(1): 18 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Lectotype (here selected): Coolgardie, Western Australia, 1900, L.C. Webster (NSW; isolecto: K, PERTH 00745731). Paralectotype: Coolgardie, Western Australia, 1899, L.C. Webster (NSW).

taxonomic synonym: Acacia boorabbinensis Hochr. legitimate

Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 328-329 [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): 458 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma coolgardiense (Maiden) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma coolgardiense (Maiden) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Acacia coolgardiensis Maiden subsp. coolgardiensis legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma coolgardiense (Maiden) Pedley subsp. coolgardiense legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma coolgardiense (Maiden) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia boorabbinensis Hochr. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Maslin, B.R. & Buscumb, C. (21 August 2008), A review of Acacia coolgardiensis (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) and closely related species in Western Australia. Nuytsia 18: 109-111 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Acacia boorabbinensis Hochr. legitimate common name: Sugar Brother [n/a]

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