Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 519 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Pedalium D. Royen ex L.

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 515 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 774 [secondary reference]

Barker, W.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Pedaliaceae, Acanthaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 335 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 966-968 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Martyniaceae Horan. nom. cons.

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Pedaliaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 468 [secondary reference]

Retter, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Pedaliaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 601 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Pedaliaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 855 [secondary reference]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 455, 459 [secondary reference]

Christensen, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Pedaliaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 543-544 [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): 420 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sesamaceae Horan. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trapellaceae Honda & Sakis. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 394 [secondary reference]

Ihlenfeldt, H.-D. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Pedaliaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 307-322, Figs. 37, 38 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 138 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sesamaceae Horan. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Pedalinae R.Br. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT (native and naturalised), SA, Qld, NSW (native and naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 639, 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]

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