Don, G. (October 1832), A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 2: 403 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Native of New Holland."

Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1842), Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species. London Journal of Botany 1: 342 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Lachlan River, Campbell's Cataract, interior of N.S. Wales, Cunningham."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 337 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Acacia chordophylla Benth. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 43 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 107 [secondary reference]

common name: Needle Bush [n/a]

Maiden, J.H. (1908), The Forest Flora of New South Wales 3(30): 177 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 285 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 144, Pl. LX [secondary reference]

common name: Wallaby Acacia [n/a] common name: Nealie [n/a]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 422 [secondary reference]

common name: Needle-bush Acacia [n/a]

Pedley, L. (20 July 1978), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 1. Austrobaileya 1(2): 186 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 371 [secondary reference]

common name: Nilyah [n/a] common name: Nealia [n/a] common name: Needle Bush [n/a] common name: Nealie [n/a] common name: Needlebush Acacia [n/a] common name: Needle Wattle [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 150 [secondary reference]

Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 130, Fig. 158K [secondary reference]

common name: Nealie [n/a]

Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 130 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Mimosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 356 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 28 [secondary reference]

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

Pedley, L. (24 September 1987), Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Queensland: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2(4): 355 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma rigens (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) Pedley legitimate

Morrison, D.A. & Davies, S.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 356, pl. 24 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma rigens (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) Pedley legitimate common name: Needle Wattle [n/a]

Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]

common name: Needle Wattle [n/a] common name: Nealie [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J., Maslin, B.R., Cowan, R.S. & Court, A.B. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Mimosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 613-614, Fig. 124c [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma rigens (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) Pedley legitimate

• Vernacular: Nealie (Koorie name)

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 34 [secondary reference]

Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. (8 June 1999), Acacia miscellany 17. Miscellaneous new taxa and lectotypifications in Western Australian Acacia, mostly section Plurinerves (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Nuytsia 12(3): 434 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Acacia chordophylla Benth. legitimate

Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 107 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Acacia loderi Maiden legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1908), The Forest Flora of New South Wales 3(30): 177

Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 98, Fig. 20L-O, Map 144 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma rigens (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia chordophylla Benth. legitimate common name: Nilyah [n/a] common name: Nealia [n/a] common name: Needle-bush Wattle [n/a] common name: Nealie [n/a] common name: Needle Wattle [n/a]

Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma rigens (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) Pedley legitimate common name: Nilyah [n/a] common name: Nealia [n/a] common name: Needle-bush Wattle [n/a] common name: Nealie [n/a] common name: Needle Wattle [n/a]

Kodela, P.G. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 434-435 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma rigens (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) Pedley legitimate common name: Needle Wattle [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Acacia rigens A.Cunn. ex G.Don var. rigens legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma rigens (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia chordophylla Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

misapplied to: Acacia loderi Maiden legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1908), The Forest Flora of New South Wales 3(30): 177

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

misapplied to: Acacia eremophila W.Fitzg. legitimate by Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 130

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Acacia rigens A.Cunn. ex G.Don var. rigens legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma rigens (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia rigens Loudon nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Acacia chordophylla Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Orel, H.K., Murphy, D.J. & Walsh, N.G. (17 February 2020), Acacia cineramis (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae), a new species endemic to south-eastern Australia, and an investigation of phyllode nervature in allied species. Muelleria 38: 87–99, Figs 4, 6 [secondary reference]

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