Maslin, B.R. (11 October 1983), Studies in the genus Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) - 14. New taxa from north-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 4(3): 402-405, Figs 11, 12, 14 (map) [tax. nov.]

• Type: "29 mi [46.5 km] N of The Overlander (Denham turn-off), North West Coastal Highway, Western Australia. ... 9 September 1970, A.S. George 10360 (holo: PERTH; iso: CANB, K, MEL, PERTH)."

• Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the characteristic hissing noise made by wind blowing through the canopy ..."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 89 [secondary reference]

Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 106, Fig. 23A-C, Map 154 [secondary reference]

common name: Whispering Myall [n/a]

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

common name: Whispering Myall [n/a]

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 486 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma sibilans (Maslin) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma sibilans (Maslin) Pedley legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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

common name: Whispering Myall [n/a]

• Etymology: "The botanical name is derived from the Latin sibilus (hissing, whistling) and refers to the characteristic (soothing) hissing noise made by the wind blowing through the fine foliage of the canopy (as occurs in species of Sheoak and Pine)."

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