Gaultheria sect. Brossaea ser. Leucothoides

Fritsch, Peter W., Armstrong, Kate E., Aung, Mu Mu, Fujikawa, Kazumi & Lu, Lu, 2023, Gaultheria (Ericaceae) of Myanmar: an updated species list for the country, a new species, and a new species combination, Phytotaxa 595 (1), pp. 37-61 : 42-43

Classification — Gaultheria sect. Brossaea ser. Leucothoides .

Phylogenetic placement — Leucothoides s.l. clade.

Literature — Kress et al. 2003, Fang & Stevens 2005, Fritsch et al. 2008 (including G. stapfiana Airy Shaw (1952: 171)) .

Myanmar specimens — Kachin: [Putao District, Sumprabum Township,] Sumprabum Sub-Division, main ridge of Bumpha Bum, 9,000 –11,000 ft, 2 March 1962, Keenan et al. 3535 (E E00197149!*); [Putao District, Nawngmun Township, Hkakaborazi National Park,] Advance Base, Seinghku Wâng, 10,000, 1 June 1926, F. Kingdon-Ward 6815 (K K000618944!, K000618945!); [Putao District, Nawngmun Township, Hkakaborazi National Park,] Valley of the Seinghku, 11,000, 28°10’N, 97°20’E, 6 October 1926, F. Kingdon-Ward 7552 (K K000618943!); [Putao District, Nawngmun Township, Hkakaborazi National Park,] Adung Valley, 8,000 ft, 27 May 1931, F. Kingdon-Ward 9556 p.p. (A!; the BM duplicate is G. griffithiana ); ditto, 11,000 ft, 31 May 1931, F. Kingdon-Ward 9570 (A!); ditto, 8,000 ft, 1 June 1931, F. Kingdon-Ward 9573 p.p. (A, right-hand specimen on sheet! mixed with G. stapfiana ); [Putao District, Nawngmun Township, Hkakaborazi National Park,] Mungku Hkyet, 8,000 –10,000 ft, 23 August 1937, F. KingdonWard 13053 p.p. (BM BM013823042!*, lower left branchlet; upper right branchlet of uncertain identification (see “Specimen identification uncertain” section below)).

Notes —See also notes under Gaultheria stapfiana .