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): 423, 425, fig. 148 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia, Northern Territory, near Hot Springs, Douglas River, 13°46′S., 131°27′E., common in flat drainage channels, 11 July 1946,S.T. Blake 16,433 (BRI)."

• Etymology: "The new epithet is the Latin adjective thermalis, hot, and is given in reference to its habitat by the Hot Springs."

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): 247 [basionym]

basionym of: Pandanus spiralis var. thermalis (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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