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): 315, 318, figs 120, 116 b-c [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia, North Queensland, 9.3 miles n. of Mossman, open forest near sea beach with Terminalia, Acacia aulacocarpa, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Feb. 5, 1958, H. St. John 26,262 (BISH)."

• Etymology: "The new epithet is from the Latin pluris, of many; angulatus, angled, in reference to the numerous, prominent, lateral angles of the phalanges."

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus cookii Martelli legitimate

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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