St.John, H. (1962), Revision of the genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 9, Three new Pandanus species from Queensland, Australia. Pacific Science; a quarterly devoted to the biological and physical sciences of the pacific region 16(1): 83-87, figs 56-59 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia, North Queensland, Endeavour River, Jansons Crossing, 8 miles W. of Cooktown, fringing forest by river, along brackish (?) streams, with Heritiera, Rhizophora, Dillenia alata, and Rhandia sessilis, 20 ft. alt., Jan. 1931, 1958, H. St. John 26,240 (BISH)."

• Etymology: "The new epithet is the Latin adjective, rivularis, by a small stream, chosen to describe the habitat of the species."

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 389 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus solms-laubachii F.Muell. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus solms-laubachii F.Muell. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus solms-laubachii F.Muell. legitimate

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