Nakai, T. (1943), Chosakuronbun Mokuroku: Ordines, Familiae, Tribi, Genera, Sectiones. Novis Edita. Appendix: 243 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Abrophyllum Hook.f. ex Benth.

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 370, 373-374 [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: Rousseaceae DC. legitimate

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 127 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rousseaceae DC. legitimate

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