The discovery and recognition of this taxon as a new species was announced online in September 2012, under the placeholder name "Nepenthes species 5".[4]
^ abcdeGronemeyer, T., F. Coritico, A. Wistuba, D. Marwinski, T. Gieray, M. Micheler, F.S. Mey & V. Amoroso 2014. Four new species of Nepenthes L. (Nepenthaceae) from the central mountains of Mindanao, Philippines. Plants3(2): 284–303. doi:10.3390/plants3020284
^Cheek, M. 2014. Nomen novum Nepenthes. Planta Carnivora36(2): 44–45.