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.

Published as part of 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, pp. 37-61 in Phytotaxa 595 (1) on pages 40-41, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.595.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7889451