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 : 53

Classification — Gaultheria sect. Brossaea ser. Leucothoides .

Phylogenetic placement — Leucothoides s.l. clade.

Literature — Kress et al. 2003, Panda 2012.

Myanmar specimens — Kachin: [Myitkina District, Chipwi Township,] Hpimaw Hill, 9,000 –10,000 ft, 30 May 1919, R.J. Farrer 990 (E E00231090!); [Putao District, Khaunglanphu Township,] Chawchi Pass, 11,800 ft, 3 July 1920, R.J. Farrer 1679 (E E00231091!); [Myitkyina District, Chipwi Township,] N’maikha-Salwin divide, 26°30’N, 9,000 –10,000 ft, June 1931, G. Forrest 29704 (E E00231089!); [Myitkina District, Chipwi Township,] over 1 mile above Hpimaw Fort, 9,000 ft, 26 April 1938, C.W.D. Kermode 17240 (K K000618947!); [Myitkyina District, Chipwi Township,] Htawgaw, valley of Naung-chaung, Lashi country, 9,000 –10,000 ft, 1914, F. Kingdon-Ward 1617 (E E00197152!); [Myitkyina District, Chipwi Township,] Htawgaw, valley of Naung-chaung, Lashi country, 6 March 1914, F. Kingdon-Ward 1627 (E E00231092!); [Myitkyina District, Tsawlaw Township,] Laktang, 28 May 1919, F. Kingdon-Ward 3141 (E E00887323!*); [Putao District, Nawngmun Township, Hkakaborazi National Park,] Adung Valley, 8,000 ft, 1 June 1931, F. Kingdon-Ward 9573 p.p. (A!, left-hand plant on sheet (annotated by P. Fritsch in March 2010 as G. griffithiana , which is incorrect) mixed with G. hookeri ); [Putao District, Khaunglanphu Township,] North Triangle, Uring Bum, above Ahkail, 9,500 ft, 16 May 1953, F. Kingdon-Ward 20846 p.p. (A!; the E and BM specimens are G. griffithiana ); [Putao District, Khaunglanphu Township,] North Triangle, Tagulam Bum, 9,500 ft, 10 November 1953, F. Kingdon-Ward 21578 (A!); [Putao District, Sumprabum Township,] Myitkyina District, Sumprabum Subdivision, near Urong Thara Pass, 9,200 ft, 23 May 1953, Tha Hla & Chit Ko Ko 4014 (K K000618946!).

Notes — Fritsch et al. (2008) included Gaultheria stapfiana as a synonym of G. hookeri but Panda (2012) has made a convincing case for the recognition of G. stapfiana as a species distinct from G. hookeri .