Blume, C.(K.)L. von (1847), Rumphia 3: 205 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Cardiopteris Wall. ex Royle

• Comment: As Cardiopterideae

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 723-724 [secondary reference]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 353 [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): 421 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Peripterygiaceae King legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 112 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 124 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Peripterygiaceae King legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Metteniusaceae H.Karst. ex Schnizl. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Cardiopterideae Blume orth. var.

• APC Dist.: Qld

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 151, 938 [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): 117 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Leptaulaceae Tiegh. legitimate

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