Reveal, J.L. (1994), New Supraordinal Names and Recognition of Five Classes in Magnoliophyta. Phytologia 76(1): 4 [tax. nov.]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 368 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 119 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Asteridae Takht. legitimate

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