Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 185, 233-235, fig. 5 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Oenpelli (common on the sandstone hills): 1,097. M. e.g. Type–Brisbane (BRI)."

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]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 50 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 14, Fig. 7 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 189, Fig. 40D-F, Map 262 [secondary reference]

• Type: Oenpelli, N.T., Sept. 1948, R.L.Specht 1097 ; holo: BRI; iso: NSW, PERTH.

orthographic variant: Acacia mountfordae Specht orth. var.

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): 477 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma mountfordiae (Specht) Pedley legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Acacia mountfordae Specht orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma mountfordiae (Specht) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT

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