Berchtold, F. von & Presl, J.S. (1823), O Prirozenosti Rostlin 1: 40 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Spigelia L.

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Spigeliaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 289 [secondary reference]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 245, 246-247 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Loganiaceae R.Br. ex Mart. nom. cons.

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 435 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Loganiaceae R.Br. ex Mart. nom. cons.

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 134 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Loganiaceae R.Br. ex Mart. nom. cons.

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 813 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 498, 937 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Loganiaceae R.Br. ex Mart. nom. cons.

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