For Smilacaceae
Conran In Kubitzki, K., ed. 1998a. The families and genera of vascular plants. III. Flowering plants – Monocotyledons – Lilianae (except Orchidaceae). Springer, Berlin. 478 pp.
Holmes, W.C. 2002b. Crinum. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2002a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 26, Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York, NY. 723 pp.
Judd, W.S. 1998. The Smilacaceae in the southeastern United States. Harvard Papers in Botany 3: 147-169.
Qi, Z., K.M. Cameron, P. Li, Y. Zhao, S. Chen, G. Chen, and C. Fo. 2013. Phylogenetics, character evolution, and distribution patterns of the greenbriers, Smilacaceae (Liliales), a near-cosmopolitan family of monocots. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 173: 535-548.