Gaultheria sect. Chiogenopsis ser. Trichophyllae, Airy Shaw, 1941

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 : 40

Classification — Gaultheria sect. Chiogenopsis ser. Trichophyllae .

Phylogenetic placement — Trichophyllae clade.

Literature — Fang & Stevens 2005, Fritsch et al. 2008, Fritsch & Lu 2020.

Myanmar specimen — Kachin: [Putao District, Nawngmun Township, Hkakaborazi National Park,] Mungku Hkyet , 9,000–10,000 ft, 19 August 1937, F. Kingdon-Ward 13005 (BM BM000834405!, MO!) .

Notes —This species was not listed in Kress et al. (2003), apparently as an oversight. It is listed for Myanmar in Fang & Stevens (2005).