Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1839), Rousseaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(2): 521 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Roussea Sm.

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 342-343 [secondary reference]

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): 421 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Carpodetaceae Fenzl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Abrophyllaceae Nakai legitimate

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 127 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Carpodetaceae Fenzl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Abrophyllaceae Nakai legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Roussaeaceae DC. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Carpodetaceae Fenzl legitimate

• APC Comment: Carpodetaceae is recognised as distinct in Qld, represented by Abrophyllum and Cuttsia.
• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Floyd, A.G. (2008), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia Edn. 2: 326-327 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 749, 938 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Carpodetaceae Fenzl legitimate

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 117 [secondary reference]

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