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 : 52

Classification — Gaultheria sect. Chiogenopsis ser. Trichophyllae .

Phylogenetic placement — Trichophyllae clade.

Literature — Airy Shaw 1941 (as var.), Fritsch et al. 2015, Fritsch & Lu 2020.

Myanmar specimens — The type. Kachin: [Putao District, Nawngmun Township, Hkakaborazi National Park,] Adung Valley , 12,000–13,000 ft, 15 June 1931, F. Kingdon-Ward 9639 p.p. (A! mixed with G. thymifolia ) .

Notes —This species was not listed in Kress et al. (2003); it was raised to the species rank after that publication.