Ker Gawler, J.B. (1823), Acacia vestita. The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment 9: t. 698 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "... found by Mr. Cunningham in the interior of New Holland; and raised in this country from seed sent home by that indefatigable and intelligent collector. ... The drawing was taken from a plant ... in the conservatory of Comtesse de Vandes, at Bayswater. ..."

common name: Cunningham's Acacia [n/a]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 375 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 45 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 4 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 109 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 40 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 151 [secondary reference]

Morrison, D.A. & Davies, S.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 380 [secondary reference]

common name: Weeping Boree [n/a]

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

common name: Weeping Boree [n/a] common name: Hairy Wattle [n/a]

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 332, Fig. 30A-C, Map 163 [secondary reference]

• Type: cultivated in the conservatory of Comtesse de Vandes, Bayswater, England, from seed supplied by A.Cunningham ; n.v.

taxonomic synonym: Acacia conspicua Anon. legitimate common name: Weeping Boree [n/a] common name: Hairy Wattle [n/a]

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

Kodela, P.G. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 460 [secondary reference]

common name: Weeping Boree [n/a]

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 492 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma vestitum (Ker Gawl.) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma vestitum (Ker Gawl.) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia conspicua Anon. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW, ACT (doubtfully naturalised)

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32: 2 [secondary reference]

• Text: "New naturalised record for WA. G.J. Keighery in litt. (05/08/2020)."

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