Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1783), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1(1): 20 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cet arbrisseau croît l'Inde & m'a été communiqué par M. Sonnerat, ... (v.s.)"

• Etymology: "ACACIE à tige de ronce... Ses rameaux font ligneux, recouverts d'une écorce brune ou rougeâtre, anguleux, & abondamment garnis d'aiguillons courts & crochus, comme ceux de la ronce."

Holtze, M. (1892), Introduced plants in the Northern Territory. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 15: 2 [secondary reference]

Miller, I.L. & Lonsdale, W.M. (1987), Early records of Mimosa pigra in the Northern Territory. Plant Protection Quarterly 2(3): 141 [doubtful misapplied]

doubtful misapplied to: Mimosa pigra L. nom. cons. by Holtze, M. (1892), Introduced plants in the Northern Territory. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 15: 2

Cowan, R.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Mimosaceae. Flora of Australia 12: 16 [secondary reference]

• Text: "The inclusion of this species in the Australian flora is based on a report by M.W.Holtze from South Australia. The species is the type of a mostly Asian series (Barneby, 1991); the protologue gives the origin as the "l'Inde", sent to Lamarck by Sonnerat."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Mimosa rubricaulis Holtze orth. var.

• APC Comment: An Asian taxon included in a list of introduced plants in the Northern Territory by M.W.Holtze, Trans. Proc. & Rep. Roy. Soc. S. Australia 15: 2 (1892), but not known to occur in Australia. Possibly a misapplication to Mimosa pigra L. according to I.L.Miller & W.M.Lonsdale, Pl. Protection Quarterly 2(3): 140–142. (1987).

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