Ceratophyllales Link , legitimate, scientific
Link, J.H.F. (1829), Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häufigsten vorkommenden Gewachse 2: 406 [tax. nov.]
Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 80-81 [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): 416 [secondary reference]
Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 71 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Nymphaeales Salisb. ex Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 931 [secondary reference]
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): 110 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
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