Kunth, K.S. in Humboldt, F.W.H.A. von, Bonpland, A.J.A. & Kunth, K.S. (1816), Nova Genera et Species Plantarum Edn. Quarto, 1(3): 246 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Podostemum Michx.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 612-614 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Podostemaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 481 [secondary reference]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 269 [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: Tristichaceae Willis legitimate

Cook, C.D.K. & Rutishauser, R. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Podostemaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 9: 304-344, Figs. 104-124 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 103 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Marathraceae Dumort. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Philocrenaceae Bong. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Tristichaceae Willis legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Podostemeae Rich. ex Kunth orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 648-685, 935 [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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