St.John, H. (1969), Revision of the genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 33. Further accounts of Australian species, and a key to the Section Microstigma. Pacific Science; a quarterly devoted to the biological and physical sciences of the pacific region 23(1): 101-104, figs 287-288 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia, Queensland, Port Curtis District, Heron I., a coral cay, 23°21′S, 151°55′E, June 1958, C.Poulsen in herb. S.T.Blake 20,375 (BRI)."

• Etymology: "The new epithet is from the Latin, extra, outside; littoralis, coastal, and refers to its offshore locality."

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Pandanaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 275 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus tectorius Parkinson legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 390 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus tectorius Parkinson legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus tectorius Parkinson legitimate

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Pandanaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 227 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus tectorius Parkinson legitimate

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