Smith, J.E. (1791), An account of several plants presented to the Linnean Society, at different times, by Mr. John Fairbairn and Mr. Thomas Hoy, Fellows of the Linnean Society. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 1: 252 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Raised from seeds brought from New South Wales, in Sion Gardens, where it flowered in 1790. Mr. Hoy." [Given by L.Pedley, Austrobaileya 1 (1980) 258 as "Botany Bay, May 1794 (K, iso)."]

Willdenow, C.L. (April 1806), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 4(2): 1054 [basionym]

basionym of: Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. legitimate

Dryander, J.C. in Koenig, K.D.E. & Sims, J. (ed.) (1 September 1806), Chloris Novae Hollandiae; or, Catalogue of the Plants of New Holland and Van Dieman's Island hitherto published, as far as they have come to the knowledge of J. Dryander. Annals of Botany 2(3): 530 [secondary reference]

Link, J.H.F. (1829), Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häufigsten vorkommenden Gewachse 2: 133, [basionym]

basionym of: Phyllodoce myrtifolia (Sm.) Link legitimate

Rafinesque, C.S. (1838), Sylva Telluriana: 120 [basionym]

basionym of: Cuparilla myrtifolia (Sm.) Raf. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 376 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 128 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. legitimate

Pedley, L. (29 February 1980), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 2. Austrobaileya 1(3): 258 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. legitimate

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Mimosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 367 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. legitimate

Maslin, B.R. (11 January 1995), Acacia Miscellany 12. Acacia myrtifolia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: section Phyllodineae) and its allies in Western Australia. Nuytsia 10(1): 96 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. legitimate

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: 641 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. legitimate

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 439-440, Plate 37, Fig. 52M-Q, Map 284 [secondary reference]

• Type: cultivated at Sion Gardens, seed from N.S.W., flowered 1790, T.Hoy ; n.v. (a specimen at K, ex herb. Bishop Goodenough, labelled ‘Mimosa myrtifolia . Botany Bay-1794' was cited as isotype by L.Pedley, Austrobaileya 1: 258 (1980) even though this was seemingly collected three years after the publication of the name).

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 439 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. legitimate

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 477 [basionym]

basionym of: Racosperma myrtifolium (Sm.) Pedley legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. legitimate

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