Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 967 [tax. nov.]

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 414 [secondary reference]

• Type: (not designated).

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 337 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Wilson, Percy (10 August 1923), Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 5(1): 130 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Dracontium polyphyllum L.

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