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 : 54

Classification — Gaultheria sect. Brossaea ser. Leucothoides .

Phylogenetic placement — Leucothoides s.l. clade.

Literature — Fang & Stevens 2005.

Myanmar specimen —[Putao District, Khaunglanphu Township,] North Triangle , Uring Bum, above Ahkail, 7,000 ft, 30 May 1953, F. Kingdon-Ward 20943 (BM BM000834412!) .

Notes —This species was not listed in Kress et al. (2003), apparently as an oversight. It is listed for Myanmar in Fang & Stevens (2005).