Classification — Gaultheria sect. Brossaea ser. Leucothoides. Phylogenetic placement — Leucothoides s.l. clade. Literature — Kress et al. 2003, Fang & Stevens 2005, Fritsch et al. 2008. Myanmar specimens — Kachin: Putao District, Naungmung Township, buffer zone of Hkakaborazi National Park, between Kharone Murein rest house and Tup Kwan rest house, 2,122 m, 27°34’52.0”N, 98°08’15.5”E, 23 October 2015, K. Armstrong et al. 889 (BRIT BRIT541062!, E, NY 02648780!, RAF); Putao District, Putao Township, Hponganrazi Wildlife Sanctuary, between Lower Thit Pin Gyi camp and Kan Dauk Myit camp, 2,430 m, 27°31’52.2”N, 96°58’44.0”E, 18 October 2016, K. Armstrong et al. 1933 (BRIT BRIT612361!, E, NY 02653153!, RAF); Putao District, Putao Township, Hponganrazi Wildlife Sanctuary, between Ye Khe Sap camp and Upper Thit Pin Gyi camp, 2,386 m, 27°31’50.7”N, 96°58’32.4”E, 24 October 2016, K. Armstrong et al. 2064 (BRIT 612362!, E, NY 02653516!, RAF); [Myitkina District, Chipwi Township,] Hpimaw Hill, 7,500 ft, 36 June 1919, R.J. Farrer 1068 (E E00225774!); [Putao District, Khaunglanphu Township,] Shing Hong, 8,000 ft, 20 June 1920, R.J. Farrer 1639 (E E00887327!*); [Myitkyina District, Chipwi Township,] N’Maikha-Salwin Divide, 26°25’N, 10,000–11,000 ft, June 1931, G. Forrest 29648 (E E00225773!); [Myitkyina District, Chipwi Township,] Htawgaw, valley of Naung-chaung, Lashi country, 9,000–10,000 ft, 30 May 1914, F. Kingdon-Ward 1613 (E E00197151!); [Myitkina District, Chipwi Township,] Hpimaw, 3 April 1914, F. Kingdon-Ward 1752 (E E00197150!); [Putao District, Khaunglanphu Township,] North Triangle, Uring Bum, above Ahkail, 7,000 ft, 3 November 1953, F. Kingdon-Ward 21551 p.p. (A, the two left-hand specimens on sheet! mixed with G. fragrantissima, BM BM 000834408!).

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 52-53, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.595.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7889451