Maiden, J.H. & Blakely, W.F. (1927), Descriptions of fifty new species and six varieties of western and northern Australian Acacias, and notes on four other species. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 13: 20, t. v. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Between Kununoppin and Mount Marshall, and also near Lake Giles (Fitzgerald Fraser, per W.C. Grasby, winter and spring, 1919). The type."

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

Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 53, Fig. 12N-P, Map 76 [secondary reference]

• Type: between Kununoppin and Mt Marshall, about 118 E, 31 S, and Lake Barlee (119 -120 E, 29 -30 S), W.A., winter-spring 1919, F.Fraser per W.C.Grasby ; holo: NSW; iso: K, PERTH (fragment ex NSW).

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): 478 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma obtectum (Maiden & Blakely) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma obtectum (Maiden & Blakely) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Kodela, P.G. (4 September 2013), Lectotypification of Acacia gardneri, A. obtecta, A. sparsiflora and A. whitei (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae). Telopea 15: 72, 74, Fig. 3 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Western Australia: between Kunnunoppin [Kununoppin] and Mount Marshall about long. 118, lat. 31, and Lake Barlee (long. 1190129, lat. 29-30), Winter-Spring 1919, Fitzgerald Fraser, per W.C.Grasby; lecto (here chosen): NSW484887 (flowering branchlet); probable isolecto: K806144; possible isolecto (otherwise residual syntype: MEL501393A n.v., PERTH703125 (fragment, ex K806144). Possible isolecto: PERTH766348 p.p. (flowerhead in attached bag.)

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