Classification — Gaultheria sect. Brossaeopsis Airy Shaw (1941: 307) ser. Dumicolae Airy Shaw (1941: 307) .

Phylogenetic placement — Leucothoides s.l. clade.

Literature — Airy Shaw 1941, Kress et al. 2003, Fang & Stevens 2005, Fritsch et al. 2008.

Myanmar specimens — Kachin: Putao District, [Putao Township,] Hponganrazi Wildlife Sanctuary, Hponyinrazi Camp 2, 2505 m, 27°36’54.4”N, 96°58’57.1”E, 2 May 2018, K. Armstrong et al. 4062 (NY 04290204!, RAF!); [Putao District, Sumprabum Township,] Sumprabum Sub-Division, Janrawng Bum, 7,000–9,000 ft, 7 January 1962, J. Keenan et al. 3172 (E E00197167!, K K000618954!); [Myitkyina District, Chipwi Township,] Pyepat Ridge, 6,000 ft, 17 December 1938, F. Kingdon-Ward 128 (NY 00009985!); [Myitkyina District, Tsawlaw Township,] Chaungmaw, 7,000 ft, 10 August 1919, F. Kingdon-Ward 3486 (E E00231075!); [Putao District, Nawngmun Township, Hkakaborazi National Park,] Adung Valley, 1800 m, 17 February 1931, F. Kingdon Ward 9245 (A!, BM BM000802683!*); [Putao District, Nawngmun Township, Hkakaborazi National Park,] Nam Tamai Valley, Mungku Hkyet, 7,000–8,000 ft, 1937, F. Kingdon-Ward 13489 (BM BM000834407!); [Putao District, Khaunglanphu Township,] North Triangle, Uring Bum, above Ahkail, 7,000 ft, 30 May 1953, F. Kingdon-Ward 20944 (BM BM000834406, E E00197194!); [Myitkyina District, Chipwi Township,] Kang-fang, 1600 m, 6 December 1938, Vernay-Cutting Expedition (F. Kingdon Ward) 84 (NY 00009984!*) .

Notes — Kress et al. 2003 did not list G. dumicola but instead listed two of its heterotypic synonyms, i.e., Diplycosia alboglauca and D. pauciseta .