Pedley, L. (1974), Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 15: 10, 19, fig. 1, 24, fig. 6 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Chippendale NT 7307 (BRI 127066). ... 36 miles W of "Soudan", Jun 1960,"

Pedley, L. (20 July 1978), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 1. Austrobaileya 1(2): 151 [secondary reference]

Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 139 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 49 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Mimosaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 301 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma drepanocarpum subsp. latifolium (Pedley) Pedley legitimate

Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 258, Fig. 52N, Map 346 [secondary reference]

• Type: 36 miles [57.6 km] W [of] Soudan [Stn], N.T., 21 June 1960, G.Chippendale NT7307 ; holo: BRI; iso: DNA n.v. , NSW.

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma drepanocarpum subsp. latifolium (Pedley) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma drepanocarpum subsp. latifolium (Pedley) Pedley legitimate

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

basionym of: Racosperma drepanocarpum var. latifolium (Pedley) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma drepanocarpum subsp. latifolium (Pedley) Pedley legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma drepanocarpum var. latifolium (Pedley) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Maslin, B.R., van Leeuwen, S. & Reid, J. (2010), Wattles of the Pilbara: - [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "The species name is derived from the Greek drepanon (sickle) and karpos (fruit), presumably because the pods were originally described by Ferdinand von Mueller as 'subfalcate' (i.e. slightly curved). However, this would seem to be an inappropriate name for this species as the pods are more typically straight (except following dehiscence where the pod valves are recurved). The subspecies name is derived from the Latin lati- (broad, wide) and -folius (leaved) in allusion to the broad phyllodes that distinguishes this subspecies from the typical subspecies."

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