Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 356-357 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. Bay of Rest, N.W. coast, A. Cunningham. W. Australia. Dirk Hartog's Island and Sharks Bay, Milne; Murchison river, Oldfield; Murray river, Oldfield."

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Tausch (1836).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 44 [secondary reference]

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 299 [secondary reference]

Maslin, B.R. (7 February 1978), Studies in the genus Acacia (Mimosaceae) - 7 - The taxonomy of some diaphyllodinous species. Nuytsia 2(4): 213 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Murray R. (?River – see discussion...), W.A., Oldfield (MEL–specimen seen by Bentham; iso[lecto]: PERTH–fragment)..."

Maslin, B.R. (7 February 1978), Studies in the genus Acacia (Mimosaceae) - 7 - The taxonomy of some diaphyllodinous species. Nuytsia 2(4): 213 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Acacia spathulifolia Maslin legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia spathulifolia Maslin legitimate

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 559 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Acacia leptospermoides Benth. legitimate

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 419 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia spathulifolia Maslin legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Acacia spatulata F.Muell. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia spathulifolia Maslin legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Acacia leptospermoides Benth. legitimate

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