Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus II: 1027.

Additional references

• Aellen, P. 1938. Beitrag zur Kenntnis von Spinacia L. Berichte der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft = Bulletin de la Société Botanique Suisse 48: 485–490. (online) Reference page. 

• Fuentes-Bazan, S., Uotila, P. & Borsch, T. 2012. A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae). Willdenowia 42(1): 5–24. DOI: 10.3372/wi42.42101 Full text PDF Reference page. : 16
• Uotila, P. 1997. Spinacia. In: Hedge, I.C., Akhani, H., Freitag, H., Kothe-Heinrich, G., Podlech, D., Rilke, S. & Uotila, P. 1997. Chenopodiaceae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.): Flora Iranica no. 172. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz, 371 pp., 212 tab. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Spinacia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 July 19.
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Spinacia. Published online. Accessed Feb. 25 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Spinacia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Feb. 25.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Spinacia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 25 Feb. 2016.
• GBIF