| Name | Melanoseris atropurpurea (Franchet) N. Kilian & Ze H. Wang |
| Authorship | (Franchet) N. Kilian & Ze H. Wang |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Melanoseris |
| Citation | 2011 Fl. China [Revised] 20-21: 221 |
| Holdings | 23 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Melanoseris atropurpurea (Franchet) N. Kilian & Ze H. Wang |
| Identification made in | [no date] (6), 2010 (16), 2016 (1) |