St.John, H. (1961), Revision of the genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 6. New Pandanus species from Queensland, Australia. Pacific Science; a quarterly devoted to the biological and physical sciences of the pacific region 15(4): 565-567, 569, figs 25-26 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia, Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, Iron Range, scattered or gregarious in groves in savanna forest, 20 m, alt., June 24, 1948, L.J. Brass 19,312 (BRI)."

• Etymology: "The new specific epithet is formed from the Latin, ferrum, iron; montanus, of the mountain, in reference to the name of the type locality."

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: 220 [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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