Agardh, C.A. (1823), Aphorismi Botanici: 158 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Xyris L.

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Chase, M.W., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S., Rudall, P.J., Fay, M.F., Hahn, W.H., Sullivan, S., Joseph, J., Molvray, M., Kores, P.J., Givnish, T.J., Sytsma, J.J. & Pires, J.C. in Wilson, K.L. & Morrison, D.A. (ed.) (2000), Higher-level systematics of the monocotyledons: An assessment of current knowledge and a new classification. Monocots: Systematics and Evolution: 16 [secondary reference]

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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): 417 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Abolbodaceae Nakai legitimate

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 85 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Abolbodaceae Nakai legitimate

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

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 916-917, 932 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Abolbodaceae Nakai legitimate

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): 110 [secondary reference]

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