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This new species is close to 
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in the short and hairy inflorescences (less than 3.5 cm) with many flowers and the abaxially glandular leaf blades with one basal gland per side and a caudate-acuminate apex, but can be immediately distinguished by its hanging-down (vs. scrambling) branches, much smaller leaf blades (2.5-5.5 
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0.9-1.8 cm vs. 8.5-11 
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4-6 cm) with fewer pairs of secondary veins (3-4 vs. 6-7), shorter inflorescence (1-1.5 cm vs. 1.5-3.5 cm), non-glandular tomentellate or densely pubescent (vs. glandular pubescent) inflorescence rachis and pedicel, shorter pedicel (0.7-1 mm vs. ca. 2 mm), densely white-pubescent (vs. glabrous) hypanthium and pilose (vs. glabrous) filament. A detailed morphological comparison between the two species is presented in Table 
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habitat, the red ovals indicating this species 
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habit 
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leafy branches, the arrow showing the indumentum on young branchlets and leaf blades 
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flowering branchlets with young inflorescences 
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flowering branchlet 
<emphasis id="C2A853CF12EA6C0A6AE11E315E53B2C2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">F</emphasis>
fruiting branchlet. 
<emphasis id="B5B0B70B8DA696F0D3D0E43E7D9387F3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">A, B</emphasis>
taken by Yi-Hua Tong 
<emphasis id="BA341116813DD53ABFA596A09DF62AE6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">C, F</emphasis>
taken by Yong-jie Guo 
<emphasis id="A1BB63968D5A2686CB20BBB922C7BA80" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">D</emphasis>
taken by Ji-Dong Ya 
<emphasis id="2464E01545C58A5F3BD372207062BA84" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">E</emphasis>
taken by Ting Zhang.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="E1D68DFA6D2C3715E5D711B0F451CA4B" ID-Table-UUID="E1D68DFA6D2C3715E5D711B0F451CA4B" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/E1D68DFA6D2C3715E5D711B0F451CA4B" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" start="Table 1" startId="T1">
<paragraph id="5B670ABD75A9CB786EB43EF8D2F0C9A9" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<emphasis id="8B7254EC37A02ED5B25829E7219AF377" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Table 1.</emphasis>
A morphological comparison of 
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<emphasis id="EDD87A135ED76C21C7C6B7578AC27D4E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Vaccinium usneoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="23A1115674814D1C2BFE8AFE290E5FD8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">V. brachyandrum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The character information of the latter species is taken from 
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, 
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and its type specimens.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="883858F2620AB79F51DA40343BC2FF1A" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<table id="353666A17E2FC516F98ECBA3C9A7DC2B" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<tr id="263C2F9C9B7E0BF98EAC792A7F8FC712" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<th id="A80DB5CC38FDE6FA37A59DBC7D3F0A66" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Characters</th>
<th id="A83CE03E4369092AA2C34586DC35DC8D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="F2DCD6657B08B7ACFA0A4930EB5DE21B" class="Dicotyledones" family="Vacciniaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. usneoides" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="usneoides">
<emphasis id="2FE6D7C1B68C5FA327ADB61055183C5B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">V. usneoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="2D55AAB82FE84EB4404989193A0C61A4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="0B7EB04BF5222F68A32E3E972FA1443F" class="Dicotyledones" family="Vacciniaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. brachyandrum" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="brachyandrum">
<emphasis id="CE965830FA3C156A746D45231F03C1C0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">V. brachyandrum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="58B539F65E9F57D0B0EFBAC84716C8DE" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<td id="089DA2F9457D7FD8DC4B04207FEFCFEB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Branches</td>
<td id="1191E0425BB5FC2D989251F2EAB2B74A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Hanging down</td>
<td id="BFB1EF6C2572BF56466A1801FC08F5F3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Scrambling</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7FFE0737BDE8FFEC2A6B1EAA887E84DA" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<td id="7E363E99CBE07117681CD7C71E854F52" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Leaf blade</td>
<td id="9B12AFF08B1EAC96FF5DDEE5E03D16FC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">
2.5-5.5 
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0.9-1.8 cm
</td>
<td id="FF140DA5D7224DC4E19A64D1CFBAA657" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">
8.5-11 
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4-6 cm
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="22603CBD72000E19CC509986729AD21A" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<td id="FE46D12C985FED1AF6C4A303AC11D6D2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Pairs of secondary veins</td>
<td id="418136F351D40EBCC8E752A2AED51589" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">3-4</td>
<td id="CC45EA49D31C84A3C1D795DCF2830F65" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">6-7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6DA6606BB604A7D86C7392B22A5BC581" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<td id="D7FA29CBC0EC01BEC0E77B0955874F6F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Inflorescence length</td>
<td id="062B65B6763F04759A3565C223379031" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">1-1.5 cm</td>
<td id="D834D6ABAA49FBFDF71DE7650F506E86" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">1.5-3.5 cm</td>
</tr>
<tr id="812DC605EC47B2AB95DDB789CE70DAE6" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<td id="7DA26CA8A5953CDC1ABC6B73DA843A88" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Indumentum on inflorescence and pedicel</td>
<td id="2D26C5C9705D40E6594D317D33478444" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Non-glandular tomentellate or densely pubescent</td>
<td id="D64E881F4D31D9C388E48449B048793D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Glandular pubescent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D08E80FC0D55E3F024A4FFD6945EE892" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<td id="CBA3B4197DCA1D67F820DDEE6CB3DA90" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Hypanthium</td>
<td id="B07F722D9D4902DA6186228BA7B7D51F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Densely white-pubescent</td>
<td id="63EE0F846DBDBD7122B22C2EBAAD285E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Glabrous</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C7590334BFF6C5B632B42F3C1EA957B6" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<td id="B06AFEA9AEA01986E1A81EE1E82840CF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Pedicel length</td>
<td id="3471FC9F5BB7041E48DBA9143EA59728" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">0.7-1 mm</td>
<td id="90CE5DCEE9FA809E71AE36A883C2A84E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">ca. 2 mm</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2DC0E8D29A2B309DD5AC539F8BF321E9" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<td id="B55DEA186A0FB9ACDAB17F1AE4CAC012" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Filament</td>
<td id="FC95BFDE91781DDCB63C2595C7405FC3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Pilose</td>
<td id="887CD590BFDC4CA0B3337367FEA8EE37" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" rowspan="1">Glabrous</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="CE4D71050B36BAAF2DA5C093BF1F139D" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" type="description">
<paragraph id="E8CDBB6D173448B5B875927320AD446F" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="62111EF919FD21F1C8E492D0B6671A51" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
Evergreen shrubs, epiphytic on tree trunks, sparsely branched; roots creeping firmly on tree trunks or branches; stems 0.5-3 m long, without swollen basal tuber or root swellings. Branches hanging down, young shoots brownish or greenish, terete or slightly angled, without lenticels, densely pubescent; old ones more or less glabrescent, brownish or greyish, often obviously angled in sicco. Perennating buds dimorphic (floral perennating buds at least twice the size of vegetative perennating buds). Leaves alternate; petiole short, curved, 2-5 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, densely pubescent, glabrescent when mature; blade narrowly ovate to oblong, 2.5-5.5 (including caudate apex) 
<normalizedToken id="D2D74AB31060D701488B12CC6D8BD286" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.9-1.8 cm, thickly leathery, adaxially more or less transversely wrinkled when dry, especially for young ones, abaxially with evenly distributed and caducous appressed black glandular trichomes, trichome base papillate, both sides pubescent when young, glabrous when mature, base rounded to broadly cuneate, with 1 basal gland per side at ca. 1 mm distance from the junction of leaf blade base and petiole, margin entire, revolute, with a ca. 0.5 mm broad, cartilaginous edge, apex caudate-acuminate; veins impressed adaxially, more so when dry, obscure abaxially, secondary veins 3-4 per side, tertiary veins slightly prominent. Inflorescence short racemose, 1-1.5 cm long, axillary on biennial branches, shorter than and shaded by leaf blades, 8-14-flowered. Peduncle very short, inflorescence rachis 0.7-1 cm long, white-tomentellate or densely white-pubescent; bracts red on exposed part, greenish on covered part, broadly obovate, cucullate, 5-6 
<normalizedToken id="F3A1A8A19ADC6BB4A4308952E0DC8071" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
6-7 mm, abaxially more or less white-pubescent on mid-vein, more so on lower half, adaxially glabrous, margin ciliate, caducous; bracteoles 2, inserted at base of pedicel, greenish, sometimes tinged with red, obovate, 3.5-4 
<normalizedToken id="BF826697198E8E58CFB3D75D46A9B69D" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2-2.5 mm, indumentum similar to bracts, caducous. Pedicels greenish, very short, 0.5-1 mm long, densely white-pubescent, articulate with the hypanthium. Hypanthium greenish, obconical, 1-1.5 
<normalizedToken id="5A7FC1B29A0FB70D79E1DB4A83AE338E" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1-1.5 mm, densely white-pubescent, more so at base; calyx limb lobed nearly to base, lobes 5, green, more or less tinged with red, triangular, ca. 2 
<normalizedToken id="408D22D01897DD68C3FCC96F863AE4E9" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1.5 mm, abaxially white-pubescent at apex, otherwise glabrous, adaxially glabrous, apex acuminate, margin ciliate. Corolla red, urceolate-campanulate, slightly angled when young, 3.5-4 
<normalizedToken id="BA6EF8907FC4AFBAFCE9372B8DC6DFE8" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
ca. 3 mm, tube glabrous on both sides; lobes 5, ovate-triangular, reflexed, ca. 0.8 
<normalizedToken id="37E5E347A705365A79F76AC76749047E" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1 mm, abaxially white-pubescent at apex, otherwise glabrous, adaxially papillose, apex acuminate. Stamens 10, 2.8-3 mm long; filaments flat, slightly S-shaped, 1-1.2 mm long, papillose on both sides, margin pilose; anthers 1.8-2 mm long, thecae slightly longer than or nearly as equal as tubules; spurs 2, borne at abaxial base of tubules, 0.7-0.8 mm long, spreading. Disc yellowish-green, annular, glabrous; style cylindrical, slightly angled in sicco, 2.7-3 mm long, glabrous, stigma truncate; ovary pseudo-10-locular, each locule with several ovules. Fruiting pedicels 1-3.5 mm long; berries pale green to green when young, yellowish-green to purplish-red or dark purple when mature, globose, 4.5-6 mm in diam., densely white-pubescent, with persistent calyx lobes appressed at apex, ripe berries a little bitter. Seeds ovoid, 0.7-0.8 
<normalizedToken id="B1C74980E479858E24C6A5607D393D56" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.5-0.7 mm, testa brownish, reticulate.
</paragraph>
<caption id="DC9323CD6E989B35450B07C06073D39D" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.236.112658.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/956045" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="DCCB698509FE851DF45C675E83427246" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<emphasis id="A8EA33FB039998FB6A1B0B83C37C0FF8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="4AD131979DD9694C90A56CB0B44EE226" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Vaccinium usneoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. 
<emphasis id="21B15D4153419743173E5437A31E6187" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">A</emphasis>
flowering branchlet 
<emphasis id="078F14012043406C0D5B0D12D93904E3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">B</emphasis>
trichomes on abaxial surface of leaf blades 
<emphasis id="CCEBB302A8B5ED36654F5F577F612D46" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">C</emphasis>
fruiting branchlet 
<emphasis id="BFDF26D776D99DCECEB803B56FAF6228" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">D</emphasis>
flower 
<emphasis id="CFB45BAE279111F37AADF0679E97359F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">E</emphasis>
flower with corolla and calyx limb removed, showing androecium and gynoecium 
<emphasis id="6CFFA9A611B5939BF8648F85AE1A24DB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">F</emphasis>
stamens, adaxial (left), abaxial (middle) and lateral (right) view 
<emphasis id="4D8F55ADBCC85C3C62FD5B3F50A46185" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">G</emphasis>
seeds. Illustrated by Ding-Han Cui.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="36362E09D1CCAF93987F8C2B74B6D77F" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.236.112658.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/956046" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph id="D2E944AC5222B0839843D09914B84377" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<emphasis id="48E971CFFA8C9C355FA06FEF507B1D3D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Holotype of 
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<emphasis id="8D7735FF82E417858059E42F48A80B35" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Vaccinium usneoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="34CD25F0ABEAD56E0BB4E777469C73FE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Ting Zhang, Ji-Dong Ya &amp; Wei Zhang 22CS21979</emphasis>
, KUN, barcode no. 1584163).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D384CBDE1106898F40B817376FFB7EC8" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="F003E74B425D6038323C002686B5CD1D" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="816CC48C499B95E896EB7EE2207D7EFE" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
The species epithet is derived from the genus of beard lichen &quot; 
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<emphasis id="91F3D409A40ADDB3A19923FB22E015BB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Usnea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot; and the suffix &quot;- 
<emphasis id="7EF27B16A6B4A80E05227CD3D90460E0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">oides</emphasis>
&quot;, which means the habit of this new species looks very much like beard lichen on trees from a distance. Chinese name is given as松萝越橘 (Pinyin: 
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<normalizedToken id="84927BD1E4B4AB41C6C7C834311B25CB" originalValue="luó">luo</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken id="D1AAD36B856B40BC45235FF9671A9890" originalValue="jú">ju</normalizedToken>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4731AC2BC4BE2049C3A20D9ABF2404F8" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="140195BF39089C791C776090EE17C5C6" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A33997A53468E3A4E54BC981E47D88B1" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">This species is currently known only from the type locality, i.e. the part of the Gaoligong Mountain in Fugong County. It grows on trees in mountainous evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forests at elevations of 2400-2800 m a.s.l.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="38AE3C23697201F10A0164DEF999ABA6" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" type="conservation status">
<paragraph id="B967E55CAFD3C139404DAD9BCF8A2066" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9BB493595EC41B91B5316C410D65243A" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
<taxonomicName id="33E4CB2369721A40C2394CBE77AE87BA" authorityName="Y. H. Tong, Y. J. Guo &amp; Ting Zhang" authorityYear="2023" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Vaccinium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Vaccinium usneoides" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="usneoides">
<emphasis id="B43390B314CE8DF1096E63DEF9AB81BD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Vaccinium usneoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not rare in the type locality and the whole distribution area is under the protection of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve. Thus, the threat risk seems to be low. Since the type locality is very near the border of China and Myanmar, this species is probably also distributed in the adjacent area of Myanmar. Thus, it is best to assign a status of 'Data 
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(DD) for this species following the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (
<bibRefCitation id="5DF11FA15A5994A0A803C2AE4D879538" author="Huang, YS" journalOrPublisher="PhytoKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" publicationUrl="http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf" refId="B8" refString="2022. . http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf" url="http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf" year="2022">IUCN Standards and Petitions Committee 2022</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DB8CF810698E8F019CF25E175149D9CA" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" type="phenology">
<paragraph id="1468DC6B16F42CB929C74E5DFF51C93F" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="67741A0E690C727829C2383BA92FCA4F" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Flowering in May-June and fruiting in October-November.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="FDAB99F1B9D938902C7FF5D773575EBE" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="B5CDCCFD7799372E3660129EE6E99407" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Additional specimens examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0632F220B13C9460C8550665D366781F" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
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<emphasis id="9B673BEFE176B7DD6EE40839E16379DB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Vaccinium usneoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<typeStatus id="CB64A7FF14D9E059E848D6AE1D910A4E">paratypes</typeStatus>
): the same locality with 
<typeStatus id="B31B45CD20DDE0445BB218B3CDF81A02">holotype</typeStatus>
: 
<geoCoordinate id="0F076FC10BFF73DDA7A5056DBFC11EE1" degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="9" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="57.78" value="27.16605">27°9′57.78″N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="155A4D2A15AD7962663C62AF86AA3F8F" degrees="98" direction="east" minutes="46" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="14.91" value="98.77081">98°46′14.91″E</geoCoordinate>
, 
<quantity id="313F1BDBF20615BADE39279B2A54A93A" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.661" unit="m" value="2661.0">2661 m</quantity>
a.s.l., 
<date id="E41B2378A22990964F9740CF42E1C39C" value="2022-10-27">27 October 2022</date>
(fr.), 
<emphasis id="BCB47BE90604F0B34FF79FDD23FACECF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Yong-Jie Guo, Zhou-Dong Han &amp; Xiu-Ying Shen 22CS22598</emphasis>
(IBSC, barcode no. 1003853, KUN, barcode nos. 1584165 &amp; 1584166); 
<geoCoordinate id="08010E934F73E48E75B2A0F284AEAED9" degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="9" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="56.89" value="27.165802">27°9′56.89″N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="8231F4616289342342A7E10744188ECB" degrees="98" direction="east" minutes="46" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="14.63" value="98.77074">98°46′14.63″E</geoCoordinate>
, 
<quantity id="8117BF8371D6D2A854E740E8FE506205" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.652" unit="m" value="2652.0">2652 m</quantity>
a.s.l., 
<date id="2ABB5C08A514CE99242151DCE90EF9A9" value="2022-10-27">27 October 2022</date>
(fr.), 
<emphasis id="D52077FE74E86683CAEB9A4BDC5CF1AD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Yong-Jie Guo, Zhou-Dong Han &amp; Xiu-Ying Shen 22CS24002</emphasis>
(IBSC, barcode no. 1003856, KUN, barcode nos. 1584167 &amp; 1584168); 
<geoCoordinate id="CD7181F07B96901D5844ED0733D3FD30" degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="9" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="46.08" value="27.1628">27°9′46.08″N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="FEFDF01B12BDD120EC824DD4A710A45E" degrees="98" direction="east" minutes="46" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="39.98" value="98.77778">98°46′39.98″E</geoCoordinate>
, 
<quantity id="F312D6FF80B5A0AA8D988304C7660E67" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.544" unit="m" value="2544.0">2544 m</quantity>
a.s.l., 
<date id="67BB31DDD738FEE33088F4E891C4D842" value="2022-10-27">27 October 2022</date>
(fr.), 
<emphasis id="C9C4A99CFBE96FB0DEC5C3509D53BFF7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Yong-Jie Guo, Zhou-Dong Han &amp; Xiu-Ying Shen 22CS24003</emphasis>
(IBSC, barcode no. 1003855, KUN, barcode no. 1584169); 
<geoCoordinate id="4C240C0AC65CDEC6649714B70EBCBE78" degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="9" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="39.6" value="27.161">27°9′39.6″N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="5A0792D04F4D91482B19A857DDA4A75F" degrees="98" direction="east" minutes="46" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="56.06" value="98.78224">98°46′56.06″E</geoCoordinate>
, 
<quantity id="673C14F209DD7A83B79AB7997B66F297" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.444" unit="m" value="2444.0">2444 m</quantity>
a.s.l., 
<date id="E14C87EA7DB0B943BA1BAE9BE5D8E456" value="2023-03-10">10 March 2023</date>
, 
<emphasis id="049F00215CA39781FE1D72079037DD9B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Yi-Hua Tong, Jing-Bo Ni, Bing-Mou Wang &amp; Wei-Hao Pan TYH-2637</emphasis>
(IBSC).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="2F4DE1970786959790AE1802FC094002" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" type="examined specimens of vaccinium brachyandrum">
<paragraph id="B1B8265DE03A9539EEC3511E23EB3756" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
Examined specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="A058129FE2CAB29E1CDAC5166AD856FB" authorityName="C.Y.Wu &amp; R.C.Fang" authorityYear="1987" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Vaccinium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Vaccinium brachyandrum" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="187" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="brachyandrum">
<emphasis id="CF4DA56E770C2C434F966661736F3B67" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Vaccinium brachyandrum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="149B244A7817DD4DD3F1986BB4D8737C" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">
China. Yunnan Province: Tengchong, Houqiao, 2720 m a.s.l., 18 May 1964, 
<emphasis id="2AFB4802EFF6FF1CEE2C6EDEB4BF92E6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Su Kung Wu 6629</emphasis>
(holotype KUN1209465, isotype KUN1209466); ibid., 
<geoCoordinate id="A978E1B1EBA57C6C11A9DF6B027FA6CB" degrees="25" direction="north" minutes="24" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="16.700" value="25.404638">25°24′16.700″N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="E3D5420C7B2D2ADE203AD6CE65239144" degrees="98" direction="east" minutes="8" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="43.869" value="98.145515">98°8′43.869″E</geoCoordinate>
, 2564 m a.s.l., 22 August 2022, 
<emphasis id="4CFD4B54EB3D7CBFED3450458676AFC8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Yong-Jie Guo &amp; Zhong-Lan Yang 22CS22523</emphasis>
(IBSC, KUN); Lushui, Pianma, Fengxueyakou, 
<geoCoordinate id="BA2D2F36EF2A5A2A244A3BE75E9D3BFC" degrees="25" direction="north" minutes="59" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="12.779" value="25.986883">25°59′12.779″N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="3C10B3D59D1CB91C8A8F3788B60984BD" degrees="98" direction="east" minutes="40" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="3.828" value="98.667725">98°40′3.828″E</geoCoordinate>
, 2691 m a.s.l., 23 May 2022, 
<emphasis id="3B10E90F9D21F3FD6963BCE3A0115CE5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Ting Zhang, Ji-Dong Ya &amp; Wei Zhang 22CS21913</emphasis>
(IBSC, KUN); ibid., 
<geoCoordinate id="07B563837A9183400DFFC0B34643DC64" degrees="25" direction="north" minutes="59" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="12.72" value="25.986866">25°59′12.72″N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="798184BC463115A88F38E1EE12DBD7AB" degrees="98" direction="east" minutes="40" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="3.9" value="98.66775">98°40′3.9″E</geoCoordinate>
, 2705 m a.s.l., 28 October 2022, 
<emphasis id="F98D6F0BBF249A33DCB9E343E57B864D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Yong-Jie Guo &amp; Zhou-Dong Han 22CS22599</emphasis>
(IBSC, KUN); ibid., 
<geoCoordinate id="0D07B66D28A54254F79A67063CF44739" degrees="25" direction="north" minutes="59" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="0.76" value="25.983545">25°59′0.76″N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="7604BBA665FFB8D763AD7C83FADDBD24" degrees="98" direction="east" minutes="40" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="5.03" value="98.66806">98°40′5.03″E</geoCoordinate>
, 2782 m a.s.l., 11 March 2023, 
<emphasis id="F3AF3E95A8AAD5D8C7E3B134CBB9786E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">Yi-Hua Tong, Jing-Bo Ni, Bing-Mou Wang &amp; Wei-Hao Pan TYH-2643</emphasis>
(IBSC) &amp; 
<emphasis id="09CE97B78BC41A1961AE2809A304166F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="187">TYH-2644</emphasis>
(IBSC).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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