Tindale, M.D. (14 December 1972), Notes on Australian taxa of Acacia No. 3. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(5): 270 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "1 mile from Wyloo Homestead, Wyloo Station, Ashburton River, Western Australia, in sandy wash country, 2.7–3 m tall, W. Henwood 8.1971 (NSW 106798). ISOTYPES: K; PERTH; MEL; US; CANB."

Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 138 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 90 [secondary reference]

Maslin, B.R. & Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 299, Fig. 61D-F, Map 400 [secondary reference]

• Type: 1 mile [1.6 km] from Wyloo HS, Wyloo Stn, Ashburton R., W.A., Aug. 1971, W.Henwood 81 ; holo: NSW n.v. ; iso: CANB n.v. , K n.v. , MEL n.v. , PERTH, US n.v.

common name: Silver-leaf Mulga [n/a] common name: Wanyu [n/a]

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

common name: Wanyu [n/a] common name: Silver-leaf Mulga [n/a]

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

basionym of: Racosperma wanyu (Tindale) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma wanyu (Tindale) Pedley legitimate

• APC Comment: Possible hybrids are recorded between A. wanyu and A. cuthbertsonii subsp. linearis (Maslin & Cowan, 2001).
• APC Dist.: WA

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

common name: Silver-leaf Mulga [n/a] common name: Wanyu [n/a]

• Etymology: "The botanical name is derived from the vernacular name under which this species was commonly known (Tindale [in Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(5): 269-274] 1972). In Western Australia the common name 'wanyu' was formerly applied to the unrelated species A. ramulosa."
• Vernacular: Wurlany (Thalanyji)
• Vernacular: Murruturu (Kurrama)
• Vernacular: Yirritiri (Kurrama)
• Vernacular: Wayartany (Nyangumarta)

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