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): 344, 346, figs 137, 138b [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Australia, Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, Newcastle Bay, 2 ½ miles s. of Somerset, May 12, 1948, L.J. Brass 18,787 (BRI)."

• Etymology: "The new epithet is the geographic name York, plus -ensis, the Latin adjectival place ending."

Stone, B.C. (1982), Pandanus tectorius Parkins. in Australia: a conservative view. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 85: 139 [basionym]

basionym of: Pandanus tectorius var. yorkensis (H.St.John) B.C.Stone 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 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus tectorius Parkinson legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus tectorius Parkinson legitimate

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Pandanaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 226 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pandanus tectorius Parkinson legitimate

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