Berberis tibetensis is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae described as a species in 1923.

It is endemic to China, found in Tibet and Yunnan.

[1] Berberis tibetensis was initially scientifically described and named Mahonia taronensis by Heinrich von Handel-Mazzetti.

[2][3] Because of its previous name it was sometimes confused with Berberis taronensis, a different species, also native to Yunnan and Tibet.

[4] A paper published by Joseph Edward Laferrière in 1997 summarized the arguments for Mahonia being more properly classified as a synonym of Berberis renaming it Berberis tibetensis.