Basionym :
Cypripedium praestans Reichenbach fil. in The Gardeners' Chronicle, 2nd series, 26: 776, 1886.
Synonyms :
Cypripedium gardineri Guillemard in The Cruise of the Marchesa, 1st edition, 2: 309, 1886, & 2nd edition, 406 & fig., 1889.
Cypripedium praestans var. kimballianum Linden fil. & Rodigas in Lindenia, 6: t. 249, 1890.
Paphiopedilum gardineri (Guillemard) Pfitzer in Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie, 19: 41, 1894.
Paphiopedilum praestans var. kimballianum (Linden fil. & Rodigas) Pfitzer in Engler, Das Pflanzenreich, IV. 50. Orchidaceae-Pleonandrae (Heft 12): 61, 1903.
Cordula praestans (Reichenbach fil.) Rolfe in The Orchid Review, 20(1): 2, 1912.
Paphiopedilum glanduliferum var. praestans sensu Braem in Paphiopedilum: 69, 1988.
Paphiopedilum striatum Clements & Jones in Lasianthera, 1(1): 2-5, 1996.
Paphiopedilum bodegomensis hort. , nomen nudum.
Paphiopedilum bodegomii hort. , nomen nudum.
Paphiopedilum glanduliferum auctores non Blume