Richard, A. in Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (1825), Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle 9: 269 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Lecythis Loefl.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 362-366, Fig. 4-13 [secondary reference]

Henderson, R.J.F. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Lecythidaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 1 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Lecythidaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 235 [secondary reference]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 178, 179 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Lecythidaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 80 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Barringtoniaceae F.Rudolphi nom. cons.

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): 420 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Napoleonaceae A.Rich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Barringtoniaceae F.Rudolphi nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Gustaviaceae Burnett legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scytopetalaceae Engl. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Asteranthaceae R.Knuth nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Foetidiaceae Airy Shaw legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 265 [secondary reference]

Prance, G.T. & Mori, S.A. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Lecythidaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 221-232, Fig.74-78 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Barringtoniaceae F.Rudolphi nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Foetidiaceae Airy Shaw legitimate

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 121 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Belvisiaceae R.Br. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Napoleonaeaceae A.Rich. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Barringtoniaceae F.Rudolphi nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Gustaviaceae Burnett legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scytopetalaceae Engl. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Rhaptopetalaceae Tiegh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asteranthaceae R.Knuth nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Foetidiaceae Airy Shaw legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Lecythideae A.Rich. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, CoI, ChI, NT, Qld

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 473, 937 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Foetidiaceae Airy Shaw legitimate taxonomic synonym: Barringtoniaceae F.Rudolphi nom. cons.

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): 116 [secondary reference]

Prance, G.T. in Holttum, R.E. (2012), A revision of Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Allertonia 12: 2-3 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Barringtoniaceae F.Rudolphi nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Scytopetalaceae Engl. nom. cons.

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