Geraniales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl , legitimate, scientific
Berchtold, F. von & Presl, J.S. (1820), O Prirozenosti Rostlin: 221 [tax. nov.]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 821-836 [secondary reference]
Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 324-327 [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): 418 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Francoales Mart. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Greyiales Takht. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melianthales Doweld legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ledocarpales Doweld legitimate
Kubitzki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Introduction to the Groups Treated in this Volume. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 9: 5-7 [secondary reference]
Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 106-107 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Francoales Mart. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Greyiales Takht. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melianthales Doweld legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ledocarpales Doweld legitimate
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 934 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Geraniae Bercht. & J.Presl orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Francoales Mart. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Greyiales Takht. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melianthales Doweld legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ledocarpales Doweld 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): 113 [secondary reference]