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 : 52

Classification — Gaultheria sect. Brossaea ser. Leucothoides .

Phylogenetic placement — Leucothoides s.l. clade.

Literature — Kress et al. 2003, Fang & Stevens 2005, Fritsch et al. 2008.

Myanmar specimens — Kachin: [Putao District, Nawngmun Township, Hkakaborazi National Park,] Valley of the Seinghku, 11,000–12,000 ft and higher, 28°10’N, 97°20’E, 21 October 1926, F. Kingdon-Ward 7602 (K K000618942!); [ Putao District, Nawngmun Township, Hkakaborazi National Park,] Adung Valley , 12,000–13,000 ft, 17 June 1931 , F. Kingdon-Ward 9648 (A!, BM BM013823050!*).