Maslin, B.R. (11 October 1983), Studies in the genus Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) - 14. New taxa from north-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 4(3): 389-394, Figs 5, 6, 14 (map) [tax. nov.]

• Type: "25.5 km N of Overland Roadhouse on North West Coastal Highway, Western Australia. ... 16 June 1972, B.R. Maslin 2778 (holo: PERTH; iso: AD, B, BRI, MO, RSA – distributed as Acacia oldfieldii)."

• Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the characteristically falcate phyllodes ..."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 85 [secondary reference]

Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 347-349, Fig. 74S-U, Map 462 [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): 462 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma drepanophyllum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma drepanophyllum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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