Type of Vaccinium diaphanoloma Hand. -Mazz.:

CHINA. NW Yunnan Province: near Tibet-Burmese border, valley of Djiou-djiang [Dulongjiang] river, subtropical broadleaved forest, 1725–2150 m, 06 July 1916, H. R. E . Handel-Mazzetti 9402 (WU: 0043160) .