Acacia globulifera Saff. in J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4(13): 360-361. 1914 sec. Rico 2007
- =Acacia donnelliana Saff. in J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4(13): 361–362. 1914 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Myrmecodendron donnellianum (Saff.) Britton & Rose, N. Amer. Fl. 23(2): 93. 1928 syn. sec. ???
- =Myrmecodendron globuliferum (Saff.) Britton & Rose, N. Amer. Fl. 23(2): 93. 1928 syn. sec. ???
- =Vachellia globulifera (Saff.) Seigler & Ebinger in Phytologia 87: 158. 2006 ["2005"] syn. sec. Rico 2007