Gaultheria sect. Leucothoides

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Vaccinioideae
Tribus: Gaultherieae
Genus: Gaultheria
Sectio: Gaultheria sect. Leucothoides
Species: G. akaensis – G. borneensis – G. lohitiensis – G. pyroloides‎ – G. stapfiana
(not complete)

Name edit

Gaultheria sect. Leucothoides Airy Shaw (1991)

Type species: G. ?

Synonyms edit

Homotypic
- Gaultheria ser. Leucothoides (Airy Shaw) D.J.Middleton, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 110(4): 325. 1992 publ, 1993, pro Gaultheria sect. Brossaea (L.) D.J.Middleton.

Notes edit

The species here does not seem to be closley allied with the species in Gaultheria sect. Brossaea, so section rank is maintained here (Powel & Kron 2001).

References edit

Airy Shaw, H.K. 1941. Kew Bulletin 1940: 308.
Powell, E.A. & Kron, K.A. 2001. An Analysis of the Phylogenetic Relationships in the Wintergreen Group (Diplycosia, Gaultheria, Pernettya, Tepuia; Ericaceae). Systematic Botany 26(4):808-817.