Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Epirhizanthes Blume ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1(1): 136. 1862, orth. var.
  • Salomonia sect. Epirixanthes (Blume) A.W.Benn., Fl. Brit. India 1(1): 207. 1872. (as Epirhizanthes)

• Misapplied names
  • Salomonia sensu auct., p.p. – non Salomonia Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 1, 14. 1790.

Accepted species

E. compressa – E. confusa – E. cylindrica – E. elongata – E. kinabaluensis – E. pallida – E. papuana

Names in synonymy

E. aphylla – E. linearis – E. tenella

Primary references

• Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1862. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 1, pars I., sistens Dicotyledonum Polypetalarum ordines LVI: [Ranunculaceas–Connaraceas.] Pp. I–XII, 1–454. A. Black, William Pamplin, Lovell Reeve & Co., Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Banerjee, R.N. 1993. Polygalaceae. Pp. 450–493 in Sharma, B.D. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (eds.), Flora of India, Vol. 2, Papaveraceae–Caryophyllaceae. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. Reference page. 
• Chen Shukun, Ma Haiying & Parnell, J.A.N. 2008. Polygalaceae. Pp. 139–159 in Wu Zhengyi, Raven, P.H. & Hong Deyuan (eds.), Flora of China, Vol. 11, Oxalidaceae through Aceraceae. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-73-3. PDF Online Reference page. 
• Pendry, C.A. 2001. Polygalaceae. Pp. 498–538 in Santisuk, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.), Flora of Thailand, Vol. 7(3). The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok. Reference page. 
• Pendry, C.A. 2014. Polygalaceae. Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, Fasc. 34. 63 pp., 4 pl. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Reference page. 
• Tsukaya, H., Suleiman, M. & Okada, H. 2016. A new species of Epirixanthes (Polygalaceaea) from Imbak Canyon, Sabah, Borneo. Phytotaxa 266(2): 146–150. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.266.2.9 Reference page. 
• Van der Meijden, R. 1988. Polygalaceae. Pp. 455–539 in Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & De Wilde, W.J.J.O. (eds.), Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, Vol. 10(3). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Epirixanthes. Published online. Accessed: 06 April 2019.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Epirixanthes in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 April 06.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Epirixanthes.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Epirixanthes in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-04-06.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Epirixanthes. 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 April 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Epirixanthes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 April 2019.