St.John, H. (1962), Revision of the genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 12. Queensland Pandanus species from Queensland, Australia. Pacific Science; a quarterly devoted to the biological and physical sciences of the pacific region 16(3): 300-301, fig. 112 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia, North Queensland, by airstrip, 5 miles w.n.w. of Cooktown, savanna, 10 ft. alt., Feb. 1, 1958, H. St. John 26,251 (BISH)."

• Etymology: "The species is named for the type locality, which is within a few miles of the Endeavour River, a name reminiscent of the ship commanded by Captain James Cook on his first world voyage."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus cookii Martelli legitimate

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Pandanaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 221 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus cookii Martelli legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus cookii Martelli legitimate

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