Airy Shaw, H.K. (1965), Diagnoses of new families, new names, etc., for the seventh edition of Willis's Dictionary. Kew Bulletin 18(2): 270 [tax. nov.]

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): 436 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phyllanthaceae Martinov legitimate

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 104 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Euphorbiaceae Juss. nom. cons.

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