Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia galeata Maslin , legitimate, scientific
Maslin, B.R. (11 October 1983), Studies in the genus Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) - 14. New taxa from north-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 4(3): 394-398, Figs 7, 8, 14 (map) BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "12 km N of Woodleigh turn-off on North West Coastal Highway, Western Australia. ... 2 July 1982, P.W. Hennig s.n. (holo: PERTH; iso: CANB, K, MEL, NY)."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the prominent, hood-shaped aril."
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 85 [secondary reference]
Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 102, Plate 9, Fig. 21G-I, Map 149 [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): 466 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma galeatum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma galeatum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA