Takhtajan, A.L. (1967), Sistema i Filogeniia Cvetkovykh RasteniA: 525 [tax. nov.]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1077-1100 [secondary reference]

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Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 82 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Commelinidae Takht. legitimate

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