Turrill, W.B. (1922), Dunn's Wattle. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1922(9): 299 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N.W. Australia. — From fissures in hard quartzite rock near Victoria River, Northern Territory ; flowers May, fruit June, 1922. E. J. Dunn."

taxonomic synonym: Acacia sericata var. dunnii Maiden legitimate

• Comment: Turrill cited Acacia sericata var. dunnii Maiden as a synonym with a full and direct reference to its place of publication when describing A. dunnii. However, as Turrill listed his taxon as "A. Dunnii, Turrill, sp. nov." this is here accepted as a new name at species rank rather than a new combination based on Acacia sericata var. dunnii Maiden, following L.Pedley, Austrobaileya 6(3): 462 (2003).

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 237 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 85 [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: 301-302, Fig. 96A [secondary reference]

common name: Elephant Ear Wattle [n/a] common name: Dunn's Wattle [n/a]

Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]

common name: Elephant Ear Wattle [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 9, Fig. 4 [secondary reference]

Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 152, Fig. 32A-C, Map 216 [secondary reference]

pro parte nomenclatural synonym: Acacia sericata var. dunnii Maiden legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Acacia neurocarpa A.Cunn. ex Hook. legitimate common name: Elephant-ear Wattle [n/a] common name: Dunn's Wattle [n/a]

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

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Acacia neurocarpa A.Cunn. ex Hook. legitimate common name: Elephant-ear Wattle [n/a] common name: Dunns Wattle [n/a]

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

basionym of: Racosperma dunnii (Turrill) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma dunnii (Turrill) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia sericata var. dunnii Maiden legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT (native and naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised)

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (November 2015), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2014 census to 2015 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2015: 24 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2017), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2016 census to 2017 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2017: 22 [secondary reference]

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2019), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2018 to 2019. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2019: 10 [secondary reference]

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