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Saussurea japonica var. pteroclada (Nakai & Kitag.) Raab-Straube is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of an infraspecific taxon* of the species Saussurea japonica (Thunb.) DC. in the genus Saussurea (family Compositae).

* The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa

The record derives from Tropicos (data supplied on 2012-04-18 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 100375736) with original publication details: Fl. China 20–21: 78 2011.

⥇ A cross-taxon basionym link was ignored while processing this record, see Saussurea microcephala var. pteroclada Nakai & Kitag. .

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77118037-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Saussurea japonica f. alata (F.H. Chen) Kitag.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

The species Saussurea japonica (Thunb.) DC. has a further 13 synonyms.

Earlier versions

This name record (from Tropicos) was not included in version 1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name was included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Saussurea japonica in version 1 of The Plant List.