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: 31, t. xxii. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hell Gate, Roper River, Northern Territory (Prof. W. Baldwin Spencer, 2nd August, 1911)."

Tindale, M.D. (14 December 1972), Notes on Australian taxa of Acacia No. 3. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(5): 273 [basionym]

basionym of: Acacia tropica (Maiden & Blakely) Tindale legitimate

Pedley, L. (20 July 1978), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 1. Austrobaileya 1(2): 174 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia tropica (Maiden & Blakely) Tindale legitimate

Pedley, L. (24 September 1987), Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Queensland: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2(4): 356 [basionym]

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

Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 160, Fig. 34N-P, Map 227 [secondary reference]

• Type: Hell Gate, Roper River, N.T., 2 Aug. 1911, W.B.Spencer ; holo: NSW; iso: K.

Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 160 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia tropica (Maiden & Blakely) Tindale legitimate

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