 The formal description of "N. attenboroughii" was published in February 2009 in the "Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society".The herbarium specimen "A. Robinson" AR001 is the designated holotype, and is deposited at the herbarium of Palawan State University (PPC), Puerto Princesa City.Further accounts of this species appeared in McPherson's "Pitcher Plants of the Old World", published in May 2009, and in the December 2009 issue of the "Carnivorous Plant Newsletter".