Meisner, C.D.F. (5 January 1855), Leguminosae quaedam Australasicae novae. Botanische Zeitung 13(1): 10 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Drumm. Coll. VI. n. 4."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 331 [basionym]

basionym of: Acacia sphacelata var. retrorsa (Meisn.) Benth. legitimate

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

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 107, 128 [secondary reference]

Maslin, B.R. & Cowan, R.S. (14 June 1994), C.F.Meissner's species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae): typification of the names. Nuytsia 9(3): 411 [secondary reference]

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 473, Fig. 58AA-CC, Map 329 [secondary reference]

• Type: between Moore and Murchison Rivers, W.A., J.Drummond 6: 4 ; syn: BM, CGE, K, LD (sphalm. ‘coll. 3'), OXF, P, PERTH (fragment, origin unknown), W; see B.R.Maslin & R.S.Cowan, Nuytsia 9: 411 (1994), for note on types.

nomenclatural synonym: Acacia sphacelata var. retrorsa (Meisn.) Benth. legitimate

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): 484 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma retrorsum (Meisn.) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Acacia sphacelata var. retrorsa (Meisn.) Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma retrorsum (Meisn.) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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