Rafinesque, C.S. (1820), Annales Generales des Sciences Physiques 5: 349 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Samolus L.

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): 434 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Theophrastaceae G.Don nom. cons.

Stahl, B. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Samolaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 387-398, Fig. 118 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 122 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Primulaceae Batsch nom. cons.

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 764 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 764 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Primulaceae Batsch nom. cons.

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