Sreemadhavan, C.P. (1977), Diagnosis of some new taxa and some new combinations in Bignoniales. Phytologia 37(4): 412 [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): 432 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acanthaceae Juss. nom. cons.

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 140 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acanthaceae Juss. nom. cons.

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