| Name | Empusa apiculata var. major Thaxter |
| Authorship | Thaxter |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Empusa apiculata Thaxter |
| Citation | 1888 Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4(6): 164 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Empusa apiculata var. major Thaxter |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1), 1988 (1) |