Racopilaceae Kindb.
Racopilum P.Beauv. , legitimate, scientific
Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1805), Prodrome des cinquieme et sixieme familles de l'Aetheogamie: 36 [tax. nov.]
Zanten, B.O. van in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Racopilaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 373 [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Orthographic variant: Rhacopilum
  • Comment: from the Greek rhaco (lacerate) and pilos (hair), in reference to the lacerate, pilose calyptra