Takhtajan, A.L. (1967), Sistema i Filogeniia Cvetkovykh RasteniA: 473 [tax. nov.]

Dahlgren, R.M.T., Clifford, H.T. & Yeo, P.F. (1985), The Families of the Monocotyledons: 107-110 [secondary reference]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 476 [secondary reference]

Kubitzki, K., Rudall, P.J. & Chase, M.C. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Systematics and Evolution. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 3: 31 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 77 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Orchidanae Doweld legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melanthianae Doweld legitimate taxonomic synonym: Iridanae Doweld legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Liliiflorae Thorne nom. inval., nom. nud.

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