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The genus Gaultheria is in the family Ericaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Gaultheria

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Gaultheria abbreviata J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria acroleia Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria acuminata Schltdl. & Cham.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria adenothrix (Miq.) Maxim.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria akaensis S.Panda & Sanjappa	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria alnifolia (Dunal) A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria amoena A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria amoena x vaccinioides	Accepted		TRO
Gaultheria anastomosans (Mutis ex L.f.) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria angustifolia Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria antarctica Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria appressa A.W.Hill	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria arfakana Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria atjehensis J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria barbulata Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria berberidifolia Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria borneensis Stapf	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria bracteata (Cav.) G.Don	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria bradeana Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria brevistipes (C.Y.Wu & T.Z.Hsu) R.C.Fang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria bryoides P.W.Fritsch & L.H.Zhou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria buxifolia Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria caespitosa Poepp. & Endl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria cardiosepala Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria celebica J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria chiriquensis Camp	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria codonantha Airy Shaw	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria colensoi Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria crassa Allan	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria cuneata (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Bean	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria depressa Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria dialypetala Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria dolichopoda Airy Shaw	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria domingensis Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria dumicola W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria elegans (Phil.) Reiche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria erecta Vent.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria erecta x reticulata	Accepted		TRO
Gaultheria eriophylla (Pers.) Mart. ex Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria × fagifolia Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria foliolosa Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria fragrantissima Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria glaucifolia Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria glomerata (Cav.) Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria gracilescens Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria gracilis Small	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria griffithiana Wight	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria hapalotricha A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria heteromera R.C.Fang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria hirta Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria hispida R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria hookeri C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria howellii (Sleumer) D.J.Middleton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria hypochlora Airy Shaw	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria insana (Molina) D.J.Middleton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria insipida Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria × intermedia J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria itatiaiae Wawra	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria japonica (A.Gray) Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria jingdongensis R.C.Fang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria × jordanensis Brade & Sleum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria kemiriensis Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria lanceolata Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria lanigera Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria lanigera x glomerata	Accepted		TRO
Gaultheria leschenaultii DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria leucocarpa Blume	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria lohitiensis S.Panda & Sanjappa	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria longibracteolata R.C.Fang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria longiracemosa Y.C.Yang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria losirensis Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria macrostigma (Colenso) D.J.Middleton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria malayana Airy Shaw	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria marginata (N.E.Br.) D.J.Middleton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria megalodonta A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria minuta Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria mucronata (L.f.) Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria mundula F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria myrsinoides Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria myrtilloides Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria notabilis J.Anthony	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria novaguineensis J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria nubicola D.J.Middleton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria nubigena (Phil.) B.L.Burtt & Sleum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria nummularioides D.Don	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria oppositifolia Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria oreogena A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria ovatifolia A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria paniculata B.L.Burtt & A.W.Hill	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria parvula D.J.Middleton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria pernettyoides Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria phillyreifolia (Pers.) Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria poeppigii DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria praticola C.Y.Wu	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria procumbens L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria prostrata W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria pseudonotabilis H.Li ex R.C.Fang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria pullei J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria pumila (L.f.) D.J.Middleton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria purpurascens Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria purpurea R.C.Fang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria pyrolifolia Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria pyroloides Hook.f. & Thomson ex Miq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria racemulosa (DC.) D.J.Middleton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria rengifoana Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria reticulata Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria rigida Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria rupestris (L.f.) R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria salicifolia Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria santanderensis A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria schultesii Camp	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria sclerophylla Cuatrec.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria semi-infera (C.B.Clarke) Airy Shaw	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria serrata (Vell.) Kin.-Gouv. ex Luteyn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria × serrulata Herzog	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria seshagiriana Subba Rao & Kumari	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria setulosa N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria shallon Pursh	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria sinensis J.Anthony	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria sleumeri Smitinand & P.H.Hô	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria sleumeriana Kin.-Gouv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria solitaria Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria stereophylla A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria steyermarkii Luteyn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria straminea R.C.Fang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria strigosa Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria subcorymbosa Colenso	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria suborbicularis W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria taiwaniana S.S.Ying	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria tasmanica (Hook.f.) D.J.Middleton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria tenuifolia (Phil.) Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria tetramera W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria thymifolia Stapf ex Airy Shaw	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria tomentosa Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria trichophylla Royle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria trigonoclada R.C.Fang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria ulei Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria vaccinioides Griseb. ex Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria vernalis Kunze ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria viridiflora Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gaultheria wardii C.Marquand & Airy-Shaw	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 330 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Gaultheria. Of these 144 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 91 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Gaultheria. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 330 species names for the genus Gaultheria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	144	43.6%
◕	Synonym	163	49.4%
◕	Unplaced	6	1.8%
◕	Unassessed	17	5.2%

All names

The status of the 421 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Gaultheria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	171	40.6%
◕	Synonym	226	53.7%
◕	Unplaced	6	1.4%
◕	Unassessed	18	4.3%

Of these names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 12 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 330 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Gaultheria, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	140	155	0	0	295	89.4%
	Low confidence	4	8	6	17	35	10.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Gaultheria, are as follows: