Abstract: A comparative study between Paphiopedilum malipoense S.C.Chen et Z.H.Tsi and its allies was dealed with in the present paper. All four taxa are treated as varieties of the same species: P. malipoense var. malipoense, P.malipoense var. jackii, P.malipoense var.hiepii and P.malipoense var. angustatum. Their diagnostic characters are tabulated, and a line drawing is provided.

Key words: Paphiopedilum malipoense

摘要： 对麻栗坡兜兰Paphiopedilum malipoense及其近亲种作了对比研究.它们被作为一个种之下的4个变种:麻栗坡兜兰(原变种)Paph.malipoense var. malipoense, 浅斑兜兰(变种)var.jackii,钩唇兜兰(变种)var. hiepii;窄瓣兜兰(变种)var. angustatum(变种,新等级).其鉴别特征已列入表中, 还附有一幅图版.

关键词: 麻栗坡兜兰(原变种), 浅斑兜兰(变种), 钩唇兜兰(变种), 窄瓣兜兰(变种), 新等级