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): 411-412, figs 139B, 140 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia, Northern Territory, Arnhem Land, Oenpelli (12°18′S. lat., 133°4′E. long.) along stream at foot of sandstone scarp, 2 Oct. 1948, R.L. Specht 1,120 (BRI). Isotypes: (AD, LAE, SYD)."

• Etymology: "This new species is named in honor of Prof. Raymond Louis Specht of the University of Melbourne, who made noteworthy collections of Pandanus while on the Arnhem Land Expedition in 1948."

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]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus aquaticus F.Muell. legitimate

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Pandanaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 225 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus aquaticus F.Muell. legitimate

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