Berberis approximata Sprague in Kew Bull. 1909: 256, 1909; Ahrendt in Notes Bot. Gard. Edinb. 57: 127, 1961; 西藏植物志 2: 150, 图44, 12-13, 1985, ——Berberis dictyophylla Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. 128, t. 7833, 1902, non Franch. ——B. stiebritziana Schneid. in ost. Bot. Z. 66: 320, 1916. syn. nov.