Takhtajan, A.L. (1996), Botanicheskii Zhurnal 81(2): 85 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Burchardia R. Br.

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 481, 482 [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): 427 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Colchicaceae DC. nom. cons.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Colchicaceae DC. nom. cons.

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