This variety was featured on the cover of the January 2006 issue of the "Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society", identified as ""Nepenthes" sp. from Thailand". The name "Nepenthes globosa" appeared in print in an article by Shigeo Kurata in the July 2007 issue of the "Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society". The same issue also featured an article by Masahiro Tada that referred to the plant as ""Nepenthes" Viking". Prior to its description by Marcello Catalano in 2010, this taxon was also published under the informal name "Nepenthes" sp. Phanga Nga in Stewart McPherson's 2009 book, "Pitcher Plants of the Old World".