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): 570-573, figs 29-30 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia, Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, Newcastle Bay, 2 ½ miles S. of Somerset, commonly on rocky coastline and beside small freshwater streams in coastal dune area, May 13, 1948, L.J. Brass 18,792 (BRI)."

• Etymology: "The new epithet is geographic, indicating the type locality of the species."

Stone, B.C. (7 February 1978), Notes on the genus Pandanus (Pandanaceae) in Western Australia. Nuytsia 2(4): 248 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus oblatus H.St.John legitimate

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 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus brookei Martelli legitimate

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Pandanaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 229 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus oblatus H.St.John legitimate

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