Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(24): 4 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In the Murray Desert. In South Australia near Lake Gairdner, Babbage."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 326 [basionym]

basionym of: Acacia colletioides var. nyssophylla (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 129, Fig. 158D [secondary reference]

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

Morrison, D.A. & Davies, S.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 355 [secondary reference]

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: 616, Fig. 124e [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Acacia colletioides var. nyssophylla (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. (8 June 1999), Acacia miscellany 18. The taxonomy of miscellaneous species with sharply pungent phyllodes in Acacia section Plurinerves (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Nuytsia 12(3): 465 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: In the Desert on the Murray River, Victoria, F. Mueller s.n. (lecto: MEL 500592, here selected); isolecto: K, PERTH - fragment ex MEL); Lake Gairdner, South Australia, B.H. Babbage (paralecto: MEL, PERTH - fragment ex MEL [this collection is A. colletioides Benth.])

taxonomic synonym: Acacia periculosa S.Moore legitimate

Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. (8 June 1999), Acacia miscellany 18. The taxonomy of miscellaneous species with sharply pungent phyllodes in Acacia section Plurinerves (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Nuytsia 12(3): 458 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia colletioides Benth. legitimate

Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 67, Fig. 14N-P, Map 97 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Acacia colletioides var. nyssophylla (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia nyssophylla F.Muell. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Acacia periculosa S.Moore legitimate

Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 68 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Acacia colletioides Benth. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Acacia colletioides var. nyssophylla (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

Kodela, P.G. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 435 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 478 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma nyssophyllum (F.Muell.) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Acacia colletioides var. nyssophylla (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma nyssophyllum (F.Muell.) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia nyssophylla F.Muell. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Acacia periculosa S.Moore legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, NSW, Vic

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

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Acacia colletioides Benth. legitimate

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

common name: Spine Bush [n/a] common name: Wait-a-while [n/a] common name: Pin Bush [n/a]

• Etymology: "The botanical name is derived from the Greek nysso (to pierce) and phyllon (leaf) referring to the stiff, pungent -pointed phyllodes."

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