Tieghem, P.E.L. van (1894), Sur les Loxanthera, Amylotheca et Treubella, trois genres nouveaux pour la tribu des Élytranthées dans la famille des Loranthacées. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 41: 261-262 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Engler, H.G.A. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (August 1897), Loranthaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Nachtrage zum II bis IV Teil Nachtr. 1: 126 [basionym]

basionym of: Elytranthe sect. Amylotheca (Tiegh.) Engl. legitimate

Blakely, W.F. (1 July 1925), The Loranthaceae of Australia. Part vi. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 50(2): 1, 11 [basionym]

basionym of: Loranthus sect. Amylotheca (Tiegh.) Blakely legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 311 [secondary reference]

Barlow, B.A. (1966), A revision of the Loranthaceae of Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 14(3): 438 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Amylotheca dictyophleba (F.Muell.) Tieghem

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus sect. Amylotheca (Tiegh.) Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aciella Tiegh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Elytranthe sect. Aciella (Tiegh.) Engl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Amylotheca sect. Aciella (Tiegh.) Engl. & K.Krause legitimate

Barlow, B.A. (1971), Loranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 58: 3-4 [secondary reference]

Barlow, B.A. (1974), A revision of Loranthaceae of New Guinea and the south-western Pacific. Australian Journal of Botany 22(3): 545 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 142 [secondary reference]

Barlow, B.A. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Loranthaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 73-74 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus sect. Amylotheca (Tiegh.) Blakely legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Loranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 78-79, 82 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 15 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Aciella Tiegh. legitimate

Quirico, A.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Loranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 47 [secondary reference]

Barlow, B.A. (18 November 1993), Conspectus of the genera Amylotheca, Cyne, Decaisnina, Lampas, Lepeostegeres and Loxanthera (Loranthaceae). Blumea 38(1): 109 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 271 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 40 [secondary reference]

Nickrent, D.L., Malecot, V., Vidal-Russell, R., Der, J.P. (2010), A revised classification of Santalales. Taxon 59(2): 546 [secondary reference]

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