Brown, R. in Tuckey, J.H. (1818), Appendix No. V: Observations, systematical and geographical, on Professor Christian Smith's collection of plants from the vicinity of the River Congo. Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816: 433 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Chrysobalanus L.

• Comment: As Chrysobalaneae

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 580-583, Fig. 5.13 [secondary reference]

Koch, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Chrysobalanaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 281 [secondary reference]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 277 [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): 419 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Trigoniaceae A.Juss. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dichapetalaceae Baill. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Euphroniaceae Marc.-Berti legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 120 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 105 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Licaniaceae Martinov legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hirtellaceae Horan. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Chrysobalaneae R.Br. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 185, 934 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 112 [secondary reference]

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