Sweet, R. (1827), Flora Australasica: t. 24 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Our drawing was made last Spring from a fine plant in full bloom, in the select collection of the Comtesse de Vandes, at Bayswater."

Loddiges, C., Loddiges, G. & Loddiges, W. (1828), The Botanical Cabinet 15: - [secondary reference]

common name: Bird-shaped Acacia [n/a]

Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1842), Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species. London Journal of Botany 1: 328 [basionym]

basionym of: Acacia armata var. ornithophora (Sweet) Benth. legitimate

Voss, A. (1894), Vilmorin's Blumengartnerei Edn. 3, 1(1): 227 [basionym]

basionym of: Acacia armata f. ornithophora (Sweet) Voss legitimate

Pedley, L. (29 February 1980), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 2. Austrobaileya 1(3): 250 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Vineyard, Australia, Hügel (K, iso)."

Pedley, L. (29 February 1980), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 2. Austrobaileya 1(3): 250 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia paradoxa DC. legitimate

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Mimosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 363 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia paradoxa DC. legitimate

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 593 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia paradoxa DC. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia paradoxa DC. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2019), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia paradoxa DC. legitimate

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