Martin Cheek
"Nepenthes murudensis" was formally described in 1997 by Matthew Jebb and Martin Cheek in their monograph, "A skeletal revision of "Nepenthes" (Nepenthaceae)", published in the botanical journal "Blumea". At the time of its description, botanists were divided on whether "N. murudensis" should be considered a species, although the consensus view held that it was of hybridogenic origin.