Classification — Gaultheria sect. Chiogenopsis D.J. Middleton (1991: 235) ser. Trichophyllae Airy Shaw (1941: 308) .

Phylogenetic placement — Trichophyllae clade.

Literature — Fritsch et al. 2008, Fritsch & Lu 2020.

Myanmar specimen —The type.

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