Maiden, J.H. (1917), Notes on Acacia, No. III. — extra-tropical Western Australia (including descriptions of new species). Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: 248 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Globe Hill, Ashburton River (banks of river). (Dr. A. Morrison, 6th October, 1905)."

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Mimosaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 322 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia pyrifolia DC. legitimate

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 384-385, Fig. 42G-M, Map 227 [secondary reference]

• Type: Globe Hill, Ashburton R., W.A., 6th October, 1905, A. Morrison; holo: NSW; iso: CANB, PERTH.

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 384 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acacia pyrifolia DC. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Acacia pyrifolia var. morrisoni Maiden orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Acacia morrisonii Domin legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Maslin, B.R. & van Leeuwen, S. (2008), Wattles of the Pilbara: 48-49 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "... is named for Alex Morrison, the first WA government botanist."

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

common name: Morrison's Ranji [n/a]

• Etymology: "The varietal name commemorates Alex Morrison, the first Western Australian Government Botanist (see Hall [in Botanists of the Eucalypts p. 180] (1978 & Lamond and Bennell [in: P.S. Short (ed) History of systematic botany in Australasia p. 326.] 1990 for biographical information). Morrison collected the type specimen of var. morrisonii on 6 October 1905 from the banks of the Ashburton River near Globe Hill."
• Vernacular: Bardirri (Kurrama)
• Vernacular: Thundu (Banyjima)

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