Lindley, J. (1833), Nixus Plantarum: 22 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Apostasia Blume

Dahlgren, R.M.T., Clifford, H.T. & Yeo, P.F. (1985), The Families of the Monocotyledons: 253, Figs. 119 D-E, 121 A-D [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): 426 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Orchidaceae Juss. nom. cons.

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 78 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Orchidaceae Juss. nom. cons.

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