Saussurea ussuriensis var. mongolica Franch.
Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d’Histoire naturelle (Paris), sér. 2, 6: 61 (Franchet 1883).
ACCEPTED NAME. — Saussurea mongolica Franch. (Franchet 1883: 61), Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier 5 (7): 539 (Franchet 1897).
LECTOTYPE (designated by Smirnov 2004). — China. Hebei: Gehol [Chengde Co.], VIII.1864, A. David 2141 (lecto-, P[P00602876]!; isolecto-, P[P00602877, P00602878, P00602879]!).