Two new varieties of Agapetes (Ericaceae) from Xizang, China Author Tong, Yi-Hua 0000-0002-5034-005X Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization & Key Laboratory of Digital Botanical Garden of Guangdong Province, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510650, China & South China National Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510650, China Author Guo, Xiang-Long School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China Author Wang, Bing-Mou Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 511402, China Author Wang, Zi College of Fungi and Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China Author Guo, Yong-Jie 0000-0003-1752-4495 Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China text PhytoKeys 2024 2024-11-08 249 1 11 journal article 10.3897/phytokeys.249.133820 2 a. Agapetes forrestii var. forrestii Description. Leaf blades 3–4 × 0.8–1.2 cm , apex acuminate, secondary veins arcuate. Peduncle glabrous. Corolla ca. 2 cm long. Distribution and habitat. Southeast Xizang and west Yunnan of China and north Myanmar . It grows on the tree trunks under evergreen forests at elevations of 1800–2700 m . Phenology. Flowering in December to May of next year. Examined specimens. China . Yunnan : Tengchong City , Langya Mountain , 2200–2400 m elev.; 14 April 1984 ; Wen-Zheng Li & Yin-Qing Guo 8411 ( SWFC ). Xizang Autonomous Region • Medog County , Beibeng Xiang , Xirang , De’endong ; 2300–2400 m elev.; 29 April 1983 (fl.); Bo-Sheng Li & Shu-Zhi Cheng 4396 ( PE , barcode nos. 01907990 & 01907988) • ibid., Xirang , Sangxing ; 2300 m elev.; 26 April 1983 (fl.); Bo-Sheng Li & Shu-Zhi Cheng 4705 ( PE , barcode no. 01907985) • ibid., Xirang , Xidengshan ; 2300 m elev.; 1 May 1983 (fl.); Bo-Sheng Li & Shu-Zhi Cheng 4770 ( PE , barcode no. 01907989). Myanmar . Kachin State : Near Panwa Pass ; 7000–9000 ft elev.; 11 March 1939 (fl.); F . Kingdon-Ward 388 ( NY , barcode nos. 02651408 & 02651409, image) .