Date de publication : Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc., 8: [357-]358[, t. 2 & 3, légende p. 359]. 1856.

Type : "In the first distribution I had mistaken the female specimens for a distinct species, to which I had given the name of G. microstachyum; but a series of specimens since received from other localities show me that the characters I had relied upon in the form of the leaf are liable to great variation." [protologue].

Validité : Nom invalide publié en tant que synonyme de Gnetum paniculatum Spruce ex Benth. 1856.