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Gaultheria leucocarpa Blume Ericaceae

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Brossaea leucocarpa (Blume) Kuntze. – var. hirta Valeton ex J. J. Sm. – var. hirsuta (D. Fang & N. K. Liang) T. Z. Xu: Gaultheria crenulata Kurz; Gaultheria leucocarpa Blume var. crenulata (Kurz) T. Z. Xu; Gaultheria yunnanensis (Franchet) Rehder var. hirsuta (D. Fang & N. K. Liang). – var. leucocarpa: – f. cumingiana (Vidal) Sleumer: Gaultheria cumingiana Vidal; Gaultheria laxiflora Diels; Gaultheria crenulata (non Kurz) J. J. Sm. – f. scandens Hochr: ? Brossaea bandongensis (Zoll. ex Miq.) Kuntze; Gaultheria leucocarpa f. pubescens J. J. Sm.; ? Gaulthesia leucocarpa var. seminuda J. J. Sm. – f. melanocarpa J. J. Sm. ex Amsh.: Brossaea bandongensis (Zoll. ex Miq.) Kuntze; Gaultheria bandongensis Zoll.; Gaultheria leucocarpa var. melanocarpa J. J. Sm. ex Steen. – var. pingbienensis C. Y. Wu ex T. Z. Xu: Embelia vaniotii H. Léveillé; Gaultheria laxiflora Diels; Gaultheria leucocarpa Blume var. yunnanensis (Franchet) T. Z. Xu & R. C. Fang; Gaultheria yunnanensis (Franchet) Rehder; Pieris fortunatii H. Léveillé; Pieris vaccinium H. Léveillé; Vaccinium yunnanense Franchet. – var. psilocarpa (H. F. Copel.) Sleumer: Gaultheria cumingiana auct. non S. Vidal; Gaultheria psilocarpa H. F. Copel.

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Mustaqim, W.A., Setiawan, E. (2021). Gaultheria leucocarpa Blume Ericaceae. In: Franco, F.M. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38389-3_180

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