St.John, H. (1960), Revision of the Genus Pandanus Stickman Part 1. Key to the Sections. Pacific Science; a quarterly devoted to the biological and physical sciences of the pacific region 14(3): 234-236, Fig. 6 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia, Queensland, Leo Creek, Upper Nesbit River, Cape York Peninsula, frequent and more or less gregarious, in rain forest 1420 m. alt., Aug. 16, 1948, L.J. Brass 19,866 (Brisbane)."

• Etymology: "The new specific epithet is from the Latin conicus, conical, in allusion to the shape of the projecting carpel tips."

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 212-213, Fig. 429 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 309 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 80 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 384 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pandanus cochleatus H.St.John legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pandanus sphaericus H.St.John legitimate common name: Mace Screw Pine [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pandanus cochleatus H.St.John legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pandanus sphaericus H.St.John legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Pandanaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 217-218, Fig. 44 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pandanus cochleatus H.St.John legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pandanus sphaericus H.St.John legitimate common name: Mace Screw Pine [n/a]

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