Thunberg, C.P. (1792), Nova Genera Plantarum 6: 104 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Laurophyllus capensis Thunb.

Steudel, E.G. von (1840), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 2(8): 15 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 67 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Botryceras Willd. legitimate

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