Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 339 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 157 [secondary reference]

Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von (January 1826), Ueber die Melanthiaceen am Vorgebirge der guten Hoffnung. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 1(1): 86 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 117 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Wurmbea Thunb. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 198 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Wurmbea Thunb. legitimate

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 1: 493 [secondary reference]

• Type: Melanthium virginicum L.

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