Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1825), Leguminosae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 449 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Sieber, pl. exs. nov.-holl. n. 447"

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 332 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia juniperina (Vent.) Willd. legitimate

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 804 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia juniperina (Vent.) Willd. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 222 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (1969), Notes on Acacia, chiefly from Queensland, III. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 4: 4 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (29 February 1980), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 2. Austrobaileya 1(3): 239-241 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Acacia ulicifolia (Salisb.) Court legitimate by Pedley, L. (1969), Notes on Acacia, chiefly from Queensland, III. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 4: 4

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: 364 [secondary reference]

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 468-469, Plate 43, Fig. 58D-G, Map 323 [secondary reference]

• Type: Australia [N.S.W.], [F.W.]Sieber 447 ; holo: G-DC; iso: K, MEL, NSW.

common name: Hedgehog Wattle [n/a]

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 467 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Acacia ulicifolia (Salisb.) Court legitimate by Pedley, L. (1969), Notes on Acacia, chiefly from Queensland, III. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 4: 4

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

common name: Hedgehog Wattle [n/a]

Kodela, P.G. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 437 [secondary reference]

common name: Hedgehog Wattle [n/a]

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 463 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma echinulum (DC.) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma echinulum (DC.) Pedley legitimate

• APC Comment: Intergradation between A. asparagoides, A. brownii, A.echinula and A. ulicifolia is reported from central eastern NSW, and hybrids may occur (Tame in Acacias of Southeast Australia, 1992; Maslin, 2001).
• APC Dist.: NSW

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

misapplied to: Acacia ulicifolia (Salisb.) Court legitimate by Pedley, L. (1969), Notes on Acacia, chiefly from Queensland, III. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 4: 4

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