| Name | Saussurea japonica var. pteroclada (T. Nakai, M. Honda & M. Kitagawa) Raab-Straube | 
| Authorship | (T. Nakai, M. Honda & M. Kitagawa) Raab-Straube | 
| Rank | Variety | 
| Placed in | Saussurea japonica (Thunberg) de Candolle | 
| Citation | 2011 Fl. China [Revised] 20-21: 78 | 
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Saussurea japonica var. pteroclada (T. Nakai, M. Honda & M. Kitagawa) Raab-Straube | 
| Identification made in | 2018 (1) | 
