Maiden, J.H. (1901), Description of a new species of Acacia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(1): 12-13, t. i [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mount Wilson (J.H. Maiden, April, 1896, in bud; October, 1899, in flower); Mount Victoria (J.H. Maiden, August and September, 1898, in bud and in flower); near Hartley (J.H. Maiden, February, 1899, in bud); Clarence Siding (J.H. Maiden, September, 1899, in flower, and in April, 1900; J.L. Boorman, December, 1900, with unripe pods; January, 1901, with ripe seeds)."

• Etymology: "The species is named in honour of my daughter, Acacia Dorothy Maiden (in fulfilment of a long-standing promise)."

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 110 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 42 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 228 [secondary reference]

common name: Dorothy's Wattle [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 148 [secondary reference]

Morrison, D.A. & Davies, S.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 382 [secondary reference]

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 319-321, Fig. 27E-F, Map 148 [secondary reference]

• Type: Clarence Siding, N.S.W., Sept. 1899, Apr. 1900 and Jan. 1901, J.H.Maiden , and Nov. 1901, J.L.Boorman ; syn: NSW; Mt Wilson, N.S.W., Oct. 1899, J.H.Maiden ; syn: NSW; Mt Victoria, N.S.W., Aug. 1898, J.H.Maiden ; syn: NSW; Mt Victoria, N.S.W., Sept. 1898, J.H.Maiden ; syn: NSW; isosyn: AD n.v. , B n.v. , BRI n.v. , CANB n.v. , K n.v. , L n.v. , MEL n.v. , PERTH, TL n.v. , UC n.v. , US n.v., Z n.v.

common name: Dorothy's Wattle [n/a]

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

common name: Dorothy's Wattle [n/a]

Kodela, P.G. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 462 [secondary reference]

common name: Dorothy's Wattle [n/a]

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 462 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma dorothea (Maiden) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma dorothea (Maiden) Pedley legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma dorotheae Pedley orth. var.

• APC Comment: In making the new combination in Racosperma, Pedley 'corrected' the spelling of the species epithet from a noun in apposition to a genitive adjective, preferring to give precedence to Rec. 23A rather than Art. 23. As the original spelling was not an 'error' and therefore not available for correction, and because Articles take precedence over Recommendations, this is inadmissable, and the original use of a noun in apposition is retained here.
• APC Dist.: NSW

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