Brown, R. in Aiton, W.T. (1813), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 5: 462 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nat. of the South-west coast of New Holland. Robert Brown, Esq."

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (5 November 1817), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 5(2): 530 [basionym]

basionym of: Mimosa marginata (R.Br.) Poir. nom. inval.

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 377 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia myrtifolia f. angustifolia Benth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. legitimate

Maslin, B.R. & Cowan, R.S. (11 January 1995), Robert Brown, the typification of his new Acacia names in edition 2 of Aiton's "Hortus Kewensis". Nuytsia 10(1): 115 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Lectotype (here selected): "Mimosa." King George III SOund [Albany, W.A.], Dec. 1801, R.Brown - upper left had fruiting specimen on sheet title "Iter Australiense, 1802-5" and bearing [Britten no.] 4336 (BM).

Maslin, B.R. (11 January 1995), Acacia Miscellany 12. Acacia myrtifolia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: section Phyllodineae) and its allies in Western Australia. Nuytsia 10(1): 96 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. legitimate

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 439 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. legitimate

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