Berchtold, F. von & Presl, J.S. (1825), O Prirozenosti Rostlin 2: 378 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Punica L.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 643-645, Fig. 5.23 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Punicaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 218 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Punicaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 215 [secondary reference]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 285, 289 [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): 434 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lythraceae J.St.-Hil. nom. cons.

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 111 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lythraceae J.St.-Hil. nom. cons.

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

orthographic variant: Puniceae Bercht. & J.Presl orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lythraceae J.St.-Hil. nom. cons.

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 718, 934 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Lythraceae J.St.-Hil. nom. cons.

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