Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1842), Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species. London Journal of Botany 1: 362 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Dirk Hartog's Island, W. Coast, Cunningham, S. Coast, Fraser."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 367 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia salicina Lindl. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1920), Additions to the flora of South Australia. No. 18. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 44: 375 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 279-280 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Acacia salicina var. wayi Maiden legitimate misapplication: Acacia salicina Lindl. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 367 common name: Umbrella Bush [n/a]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 412, Fig. 571 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Acacia salicina var. minor F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia salicina var. wayi Maiden legitimate misapplication: Acacia salicina Lindl. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 367 common name: Umbrella Bush [n/a]

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]

Pedley, L. (1 December 1977), Notes on Leguminosae. I. Austrobaileya 1(1): 26 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (29 February 1980), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 2. Austrobaileya 1(3): 272-273 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Acacia bivenosa DC. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1920), Additions to the flora of South Australia. No. 18. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 44: 375

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 365 [secondary reference]

common name: Small Coobah [n/a] common name: Little Cooba [n/a] common name: Dune Wattle [n/a] common name: Marpoo [n/a] common name: Umbrella Bush [n/a] common name: Small Cooba [n/a] common name: Sandhill Wattle [n/a]

Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 133, Fig. 159J [secondary reference]

common name: umbrella bush [n/a] common name: small cooba [n/a] common name: Dune wattle [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 87 [secondary reference]

Whibley, D.J.E. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 542 [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]

Pedley, L. (24 September 1987), Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Queensland: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2(4): 351 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma ligulatum (Benth.) Pedley legitimate

Morrison, D.A. & Davies, S.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 374-375 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma ligulatum (Benth.) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia bivenosa subsp. wayi (Maiden) Pedley legitimate common name: Umbrella Bush [n/a]

Chapman, A.R. & Maslin, B.R. (2 April 1992), Acacia Miscellany 5. A review of the A. bivenosa group (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: Section Phyllodineae). Nuytsia 8(2): 266-268, Figs 1b, 3 (map), 4F [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here selected): Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia, 21 Jan. 1822, A. Cunningham 326 (K, see discussion below). Para-lectotype: S.Coast, Fraser; n.v.

taxonomic synonym: Acacia pallidiramosa Maiden & Blakely legitimate misapplication: Acacia salicina Lindl. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 367 misapplication: Acacia bivenosa subsp. wayi (Maiden) Pedley legitimate by Pedley, L. (29 February 1980), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 2. Austrobaileya 1(3): 272

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

common name: Sandhill Wattle [n/a] common name: Sandhill Acacia [n/a] common name: Umbrella Wattle [n/a] common name: Umbrella Bush [n/a] common name: Small Cooba [n/a] common name: Marpoo [n/a] common name: Little Cooba [n/a] common name: Dune Wattle [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J., Maslin, B.R., Cowan, R.S. & Court, A.B. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Mimosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 638, Fig. 128d [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma ligulatum (Benth.) Pedley legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Acacia bivenosa subsp. wayi (Maiden) Pedley legitimate

• Vernacular: Small Cooba (Koorie name, NSW)

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 26 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia bivenosa subsp. wayi (Maiden) Pedley legitimate

Chapman, A.R. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 400-401, Fig. 45, Map 243 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma ligulatum (Benth.) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia pallidiramosa Maiden & Blakely legitimate pro parte misapplication: Acacia salicina Lindl. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 367 pro parte misapplication: Acacia bivenosa subsp. wayi (Maiden) Pedley legitimate by Pedley, L. (29 February 1980), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 2. Austrobaileya 1(3): 272 misapplication: Acacia salicina Lindl. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (June 1910), The Forest Flora of New South Wales 4(39): 146, pl. 149F-O common name: Umbrella Bush Wirra [n/a] common name: Small Cooba [n/a] common name: Sandhill Wattle [n/a] common name: Dune Wattle [n/a]

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

Kodela, P.G. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 450 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma ligulatum (Benth.) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia bivenosa subsp. wayi (Maiden) Pedley legitimate common name: Umbrella Bush [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Acacia ligulata A.Cunn. ex Benth. var. ligulata legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma ligulatum (Benth.) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia pallidiramosa Maiden & Blakely legitimate pro parte misapplication: Acacia salicina Lindl. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 367 pro parte misapplication: Acacia bivenosa subsp. wayi (Maiden) Pedley legitimate by Pedley, L. (29 February 1980), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 2. Austrobaileya 1(3): 272 misapplication: Acacia salicina Lindl. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (June 1910), The Forest Flora of New South Wales 4(39): 146, pl. 149F-O

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

pro parte misapplied to: Acacia cupularis Domin legitimate by Whibley, D.J.E. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 542

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Acacia cupularis Domin legitimate by Whibley, D.J.E. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 542

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

common name: Wirra [n/a] common name: Small Cooba [n/a] common name: Umbrella Bush [n/a] common name: Umbrella Wattle [n/a] common name: Dune Wattle [n/a]

• Etymology: "The botanical name is derived from the Latin ligula (a little tongue) and -atus (provided with), presumably in reference to the shape of the phyllodes."
• Vernacular: Pakurta (Kariyarra)

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