Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australiae Cognitionem. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 3: 142 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Sturt's Creek, No. 3 et 80."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 394 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 46 [secondary reference]

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]

Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 139 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 88 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 258-259, Fig. 52 O-Q, Map 347 [secondary reference]

• Type: Sturts [Sturt] Creek, [W.A./N.T.], F.Mueller 80 ; syn: 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): 482 [basionym]

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

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma ptychophyllum (F.Muell.) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

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

• Etymology: "The botanical name is derived from the Greek ptycho- (a fold) and phyllon (a leaf) and refers to the phyllodes which are characterized by longitudinal nerves that appear raised on account of being encrusted by a thick layer of resin."

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