Synonyms

• Sambucaceae Batsch ex Borkh., Bot. Wörterb. 2: 322. 1797, nom. cons. prop.
• Tinaceae Martynov, Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 635. 1820, nom. rej. prop.
• Viburnaceae Raf. in Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. Bruxelles 6: 87. Oct-Dec 1820, nom. cons. prop.
• Opulaceae Berchtold & Presl, Přir. Rostlin, 2(23*): 91, 92. 1825
  

Note: APGIV wishes to maintain this family over Viburnaceae in order to help maintain nomenclatural stability. However, see Govaerts et al. (2020) cf. Hassler (2020).

Primary references

• Meyer, E.H.F. 1839. Preussens Pflanzengattungen 198.

Additional references

• Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2016. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12385 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Adoxaceae in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb. 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Adoxaceae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Adoxaceae. Published online. Accessed: July 14 2014.
• Reveal J. 2008. Proposals to conserve the name Viburnaceae (Magnoliophyta), the name Adoxaceae against Viburnaceae, a “superconservation” proposal, and as an alternative, the name Sambucaceae. Taxon 57: 303.
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Adoxaceae. .