St.John, H. (1962), Revision of the genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 13. Pandanus in the Northern Territory, Australia. Pacific Science; a quarterly devoted to the biological and physical sciences of the pacific region 16(4): 420-421, fig. 146 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia, Northern Territory, 22 miles south of Darwin and 4 miles east of North-South Road, trees of open savannah, 24 Nov. 1950, H. St. John 24,225 (BISH)."

• Etymology: "The new epithet is from the Latin latus, broad; fructus, fruit, in description of the unusually broad phalanges."

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 218 [secondary reference]

Stone, B.C. (7 February 1978), Notes on the genus Pandanus (Pandanaceae) in Western Australia. Nuytsia 2(4): 251 [basionym]

basionym of: Pandanus darwinensis var. latifructus (H.St.John) B.C.Stone legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 58 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus spiralis R.Br. legitimate

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Pandanaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 224 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus spiralis R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus spiralis R.Br. legitimate

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