Gaultheria

Gaultheria is a genus of about 283 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The name commemorates Jean François Gaultier of Quebec, an honour bestowed by the Scandinavian Pehr Kalm in 1748 and taken up by Carl Linnaeus in his . These plants are native to Asia, Australasia and North and South America. In the past, the Southern Hemisphere species were often treated as the separate genus Pernettya, but no consistent reliable morphological or genetic differences support recognition of two genera, and they are now united in the single genus Gaultheria.
Description
The species vary from low, ground-hugging shrubs less than tall, up to tall, or, in the case of G. fragrantissima from the Himalayas, even a small tree up to tall. The leaves are evergreen, alternate (opposite in G. oppositifolia from New Zealand), simple, and vary between species from long; the margins are finely serrated or bristly in most species, but entire in some. The flowers are solitary or in racemes, bell-shaped, with a five-lobed (rarely four-lobed) corolla; flower colour ranges from white to pink to red. The fruit is a fleshy berry in many species, a dry capsule in some, with numerous small seeds.
Uses
Several species are grown as ornamental shrubs in gardens, particularly G. mucronata (Pernettya mucronata) from southern Chile and Argentina and G. shallon (salal) from the Pacific Northwest of North America. Many of the smaller species are suitable for rock gardens. Like most other ericaceous plants, Gaultheria species do best in peaty soil that never fully dries out.
The fruit of many Gaultheria species is edible, particularly that of salal, which can be used to make jelly. One, the American wintergreen or eastern teaberry, G. procumbens, is the traditional source of wintergreen flavouring; it is called the eastern teaberry because its leaves can be used to make a tea, and its berries can be eaten without preparation. The fruit of most other Gaultheria species is insipid in flavour and not extensively consumed.
One variety of G. leucocarpa shows anti-inflammatory properties and is used in Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, swelling, and pain.
Species
, Plants of the World Online recognises 283 species:
Gaultheria abanii (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Sabah)
Gaultheria abbreviata J.J.Sm. – northern and central Sumatra
Gaultheria abscondita (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria acroleia Sleumer – Sumatra
Gaultheria acuminata Schltdl. & Cham. – Mexico to Honduras
Gaultheria adenothrix (Miq.) Maxim. – Japan
Gaultheria akaensis S.Panda & Sanjappa – eastern Himalayas
Gaultheria albiflora (T.Z.Hsu) P.W.Fritsch & Lu Lu – Bhutan to south-central China (Yunnan and Sichuan)
Gaultheria alnifolia (Dunal) A.C.Sm. – northeastern Colombia to Venezuela
Gaultheria amboinensis (Becc.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Maluku (Ambon)
Gaultheria amoena A.C.Sm. – southern Colombia to Ecuador
Gaultheria anastomosans (Mutis ex L.f.) Kunth – Colombia to northwestern Venezuela
Gaultheria angustifolia Brandegee – central Mexico (Puebla, México, Michoacán, and Jalisco)
Gaultheria annamensis (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – southern Vietnam
Gaultheria antarctica Hook.f. – southern Chile, southern Argentina, Falkland Islands
Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst. - snowberry or fools beech – New Zealand
Gaultheria aperta (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – southwestern Sulawesi
Gaultheria apiculifera (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – west-central Sumatra
Gaultheria apoensis (Elmer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Philippines (Mindanao)
Gaultheria appressa A.W.Hill - waxberry or white waxberry – southeastern Australia
Gaultheria arfakana Sleumer – northwestern New Guinea
Gaultheria argentii Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria atjehensis J.J.Sm. – northern Sumatra
Gaultheria aurea (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria auyantepuiensis Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Venezuela (Bolívar)
Gaultheria balgooyi (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Sulawesi
Gaultheria barbigera (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Sarawak)
Gaultheria barbulata Sleumer – Sumatra (Mount Leuser)
Gaultheria bartolomei (Ferreras & Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Philippines
Gaultheria beamanii Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria beccarii Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo
Gaultheria benitotanii (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Philippines
Gaultheria benomensis Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Peninsular Malaysia (Pahang)
Gaultheria berberidifolia Sleumer – New Guinea (Arfak Mountains)
Gaultheria × biluoensis P.W.Fritsch & Lu Lu – G. crassifolia × G. major – China (Yunnan)
Gaultheria borneensis Stapf – Taiwan, Philippines, northern Borneo
Gaultheria brachyantha (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Sumatra
Gaultheria bracteata (Cav.) G.Don – Ecuador (Tungurahua) to Bolivia
Gaultheria bradeana Sleumer – Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Santa Catarina)
Gaultheria brevistipes (C.Y.Wu & T.Z.Hsu) R.C.Fang – Arunachal Pradesh to southeastern Tibet
Gaultheria bryoides P.W.Fritsch & L.H.Zhou – China (Yunnan) to northern Myanmar
Gaultheria buxifolia Willd. – Colombia and Venezuela
Gaultheria caespitosa Poepp. & Endl. – central and southern Chile, southern Argentina
Gaultheria campii Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Venezuela (Bolívar)
Gaultheria capitata (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Sulawesi
Gaultheria cardiosepala Hand.-Mazz. – China (western Yunnan) to northern Myanmar
Gaultheria cardonae (A.C.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Venezuela (Bolívar)
Gaultheria carrii (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria caryophylloides (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – southeastern Sulawesi
Gaultheria caudatifolia (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria celebensis (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – central Sulawesi
Gaultheria celebica J.J.Sm. – central Sulawesi (Mt. Sinadji)
Gaultheria chiriquensis Camp – Panama (Volcán Barú)
Gaultheria ciliisepala Airy Shaw ex P.W.Fritsch & Lu Lu – Tibet to China (Yunnan) and northern Myanmar
Gaultheria ciliolata (Hook.f.) F.Muell. – northern Borneo
Gaultheria cinnabarina (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Sumatra
Gaultheria cinnamomifolia (Stapf) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria clementium (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria codonantha Airy Shaw – Arunachal Pradesh and southeastern Tibet
Gaultheria coi (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Philippines (Mindoro)
Gaultheria colensoi Hook.f. – New Zealand (North Island)
Gaultheria commutata (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria consobrina (Becc.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (southwestern Sarawak)
Gaultheria corvensis (R.R.Silva & Cervi) Romão & Kin.-Gouv. – Brazil (Santa Catarina)
Gaultheria crassa Allan – New Zealand
Gaultheria crassifolia (Airy Shaw) P.W.Fritsch & Lu Lu – Tibet to China (Yunnan) and northern Myanmar
Gaultheria cuneata (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Bean – Nepal and China (western Sichuan and northern Yunnan)
Gaultheria depressa Hook.f. - mountain snow berry or alpine wax berry – Tasmania and New Zealand
Gaultheria dialypetala Sleumer – central-western Sumatra (Mount Talakmau)
Gaultheria discolor Nutt. ex Hook. – Bhutan and eastern Himalayas to China (western and southeastern Yunnan)
Gaultheria dolichopoda Airy Shaw – Arunachal Pradesh to China (Yunnan) and northern Myanmar
Gaultheria domingensis Urb. – Hispaniola and Lesser Antilles
Gaultheria dumicola W.W.Sm. – Arunachal Pradesh to China (western Yunnan)
Gaultheria eciliata (Rae & D.G.Long) P.W.Fritsch & L.H.Zhou - Eastern Himalayas to China (northwestern Yunnan)
Gaultheria edulis (Schltr.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – western New Guinea
Gaultheria ensifolia (Merr.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria epiphytica (H.R.Fletcher) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Peninsular Thailand
Gaultheria erecta Vent. – Mexico to northwestern Argentina and southern Brazil
Gaultheria eriophylla (Pers.) Mart. ex Sleumer eastern Brazil
Gaultheria eymae Kron & P.W.Fritsch – central Sulawesi
Gaultheria × fagifolia Hook.f. – New Zealand (North Island)
Gaultheria filipes (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – central Sulawesi
Gaultheria fimbriata (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Gunung Mulu in Sarawak)
Gaultheria floribunda (Camp) ined. – Venezuela (Bolívar)
Gaultheria foliolosa Benth. – Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Gaultheria fragrantissima Wall. – India, Tibet, south-central China, Myanmar, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java
Gaultheria gajoensis Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Sumatra
Gaultheria gallowayana (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Sulawesi
Gaultheria glaucicaulis (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Sulawesi
Gaultheria glauciflora (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Sumatra
Gaultheria glaucifolia Hemsl. – Mexico (Durango and Jalisco)
Gaultheria glomerata (Cav.) Sleumer – Venezuela to Bolivia
Gaultheria gonggashanensis P.W.Fritsch & Lu Lu – China (Sichuan)
Gaultheria gracilescens Sleumer – western New Guinea
Gaultheria gracilipes (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – southwestern Sulawesi
Gaultheria gracilis Small – Costa Rica and Panama
Gaultheria griffithiana Wight Eastern Nepal to south-central China and Vietnam
Gaultheria haemantha (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – central Sulawesi
Gaultheria hapalotricha A.C.Sm. – Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia
Gaultheria hendrianiana (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Sulawesi
Gaultheria heteromera R.C.Fang – Arunachal Pradesh and southeast Tibet
Gaultheria hirta Ridl. – Peninsula Malaysia (Perak: Gunung Korbu)
Gaultheria hispida R.Br. - snow berry – Tasmania
Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow - creeping snowberry or moxie-plum – Canada and the northern United States
Gaultheria hookeri C.B.Clarke – Nepal, Tibet, and the eastern Himalayas to south-Central China
Gaultheria howellii (Sleumer) D.J.Middleton – Galápagos
Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb. - alpine wintergreen or alpine spicy wintergreen – western Canada and western United States
Gaultheria hypochlora Airy Shaw – Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet, China (Sichuan and Yunnan) and northern Myanmar
Gaultheria insana (Molina) D.J.Middleton south-central Chile and southern Argentina
Gaultheria insipida Benth. - chichaja – Colombia and Ecuador
Gaultheria × intermedia J.J.Sm. – G. leucocarpa × G. punctata – Sumatra and Java
Gaultheria itatiaiae Wawra – southeastern and southern Brazil
Gaultheria japonica (A.Gray) Sleumer – Japan (northern and central Honshu)
Gaultheria jiewhoei (Mustaqim) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Sulawesi
Gaultheria jingdongensis R.C.Fang – China (west-central Yunnan)
Gaultheria × jordanensis Brade & Sleum. – G. eriophylla × G. itatiaiae – southeastern Brazil
Gaultheria kalimantanensis (P.Wilkie & Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Meratus Mountains)
Gaultheria kalmiifolia (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Sarawak)
Gaultheria kamengiana S.Panda & Sanjappa – Arunachal Pradesh
Gaultheria kemiriensis Sleumer – Sumatra
Gaultheria kemulensis (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – east-central Borneo (Mount Kemul)
Gaultheria kinabaluensis (Stapf) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria kingii (Merr.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and northern Sumatra
Gaultheria kitangladensis (P.W.Fritsch) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Philippines (Mindanao)
Gaultheria kjellbergii (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – southeastern Sulawesi
Gaultheria kosteri (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – western New Guinea
Gaultheria kostermansii (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (east-central Kalimantan)
Gaultheria lamii (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northwestern New Guinea (Mt. Doorman)
Gaultheria lanceolata Hook.f. – Tasmania
Gaultheria lanigera Hook. – Ecuador
Gaultheria lavandulifolia (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Sarawak)
Gaultheria ledermannii (Schltr.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northeastern New Guinea
Gaultheria leucocarpa Blume – Sumatra and Java
Gaultheria lilianae (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – western New Guinea
Gaultheria linifolia (Phil.) Teillier & R.A.Rodr. – south-central and southern Chile and southern Argentina
Gaultheria loheri (Merr.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Philippines (Luzon: Caraballo Mountains)
Gaultheria lohitiensis S.Panda & Sanjappa – Arunachal Pradesh
Gaultheria longiracemosa Y.C.Yang – China (west-central Sichuan)
Gaultheria lorentzii (Koord.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – southern New Guinea
Gaultheria losirensis Sleumer – Sumatra (Mount Leuser)
Gaultheria lotungensis (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria luzonica A.Gray – Philippines
Gaultheria lysolepis (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Papua New Guinea
Gaultheria macrocalyx Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Peninsular Malaysia
Gaultheria macrostigma (Colenso) D.J.Middleton – New Zealand
Gaultheria major (Airy Shaw) P.W.Fritsch & Lu Lu – eastern Himalayas, Tibet, and Yunnan
Gaultheria malayana Airy Shaw – Peninsular Malaysia
Gaultheria mantorii (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Sabah)
Gaultheria marginata (N.E.Br.) D.J.Middleton – southern Venezuela
Gaultheria marronina P.W.Fritsch & Lu Lu – China (Sichuan)
Gaultheria marticorenae Teillier & P.W.Fritsch – central and southern Chile and southern Argentina
Gaultheria megabracteata (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Sarawak)
Gaultheria megalodonta A.C.Sm. – Ecuador and Peru
Gaultheria mekonggaensis (Argent & Widjaja) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Sulawesi
Gaultheria memecyloides (Stapf) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria merrillii Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Philippines (Luzon and Negros)
Gaultheria microsalicifolia (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Sarawak)
Gaultheria minuta Merr. – Himalayas, northern Myanmar, and Yunnan
Gaultheria minutiflora (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Sulawesi
Gaultheria mogeana (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Kalimantan)
Gaultheria morobeensis (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – New Guinea
Gaultheria mucronata (L.f.) Hook. & Arn. - prickly heath or chaura – south-central and southern Chile and southern Argentina
Gaultheria multiglandulosa (Steyerm. & Maguire) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Venezuela (Bolívar)
Gaultheria muluensis Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak)
Gaultheria mundula F.Muell. – eastern New Guinea
Gaultheria muscicola (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – western New Guinea
Gaultheria myrsinoides Kunth – Mexico to northwestern Argentina
Gaultheria myrtilloides Cham. & Schltdl. – Brazil (Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro)
Gaultheria myrtillus (Stapf) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria ngii (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Peninsular Malaysia
Gaultheria nivea (J.Anthony) Airy Shaw – southeastern Tibet and northwestern Yunnan
Gaultheria notabilis J.Anthony – China (Yunnan)
Gaultheria novaguineensis J.J.Sm. – western New Guinea
Gaultheria nubicola D.J.Middleton – South Island of New Zealand
Gaultheria nubigena (Phil.) B.L.Burtt & Sleum. – south-central and southern Chile and southern Argentina
Gaultheria nummularioides D.Don – Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, south-central China, Sumatra, Java, and Lesser Sunda Islands
Gaultheria obovata (Airy Shaw) P.W.Fritsch & Lu Lu – Eastern Nepal, Tibet, northern Myanmar, and China (Yunnan)
Gaultheria oppositifolia Hook.f. – kama, niniwa or snowberry – North Island of New Zealand
Gaultheria oreogena A.C.Sm. – western Colombia and Ecuador
Gaultheria orophila (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Sarawak: Pegunungan Dulit)
Gaultheria othmanii (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Sarawak)
Gaultheria ovatifolia A.Gray – western teaberry or Oregon spicy wintergreen – western Canada and northwestern United States
Gaultheria paniculata B.L.Burtt & A.W.Hill – North Island of New Zealand
Gaultheria papuana (Mustaqim, Utteridge & Heatubun) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – western New Guinea
Gaultheria parvula D.J.Middleton – South Island of New Zealand
Gaultheria paucinervia P.W.Fritsch & C.M.Bush – Borneo (Sabah)
Gaultheria paulsmithii (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Sabah)
Gaultheria pendens (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – western New Guinea
Gaultheria penduliflora (Stapf) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria pernettyoides Sleumer – Sumatra (Mount Leuser)
Gaultheria phillyreifolia (Pers.) Sleumer – Argentina and central Chile
Gaultheria piceifolia (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – central Borneo
Gaultheria pilosa (Blume) Zoll. & Moritzi – western Java
Gaultheria pinifolia (Stapf) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria pittosporifolia (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo
Gaultheria platyphylla (P.W.Fritsch) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Philippines (Mindanao)
Gaultheria poeppigii DC. – central and southern Chile and central and southern Argentina
Gaultheria praticola C.Y.Wu – southeastern Tibet and northwestern Yunnan
Gaultheria procumbens L. – eastern teaberry, checkerberry, boxberry, or American wintergreen – eastern and central Canada and eastern United States
Gaultheria prostrata W.W.Sm. – northwestern Yunnan to Vietnam
Gaultheria pseudonotabilis H.Li ex R.C.Fang – northwestern Yunnan
Gaultheria pseudorufescens (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Peninsular Malaysia and northern Borneo
Gaultheria pubivertex (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Sumatra
Gaultheria pullei J.J.Sm. – New Guinea
Gaultheria pumila (L.f.) D.J.Middleton – Chile and western and southern Argentina
Gaultheria punctulata (Stapf) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria puradyatmikae (Mustaqim, Utteridge & Heatubun) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – western New Guinea
Gaultheria purpurascens Kunth – Colombia (Cundinamarca)
Gaultheria purpurea R.C.Fang – southeastern Tibet
Gaultheria pyrolifolia Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke – eastern Himalayas, Tibet, northern Myanmar, and south-central China
Gaultheria pyroloides Hook.f. & Thomson ex Miq. – Sakhalin and northern and central Japan
Gaultheria racemulosa (DC.) D.J.Middleton – Juan Fernández Islands
Gaultheria rengifoana Phil. – Chile
Gaultheria reticulata Kunth – Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia
Gaultheria retusa (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch - central Sulawesi
Gaultheria rhombica (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo (Sabah)
Gaultheria rigida Kunth – Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Gaultheria rigidifolia (P.W.Fritsch & C.M.Bush) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo
Gaultheria rosea (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – western New Guinea (Nettoti Mountains)
Gaultheria rosmarinifolia (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria rubella (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – west-central Sumatra
Gaultheria rubidiflora (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – southern Sulawesi
Gaultheria rufa (Stapf) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria rupestris (G.Forst.) G.Don – South Island of New Zealand
Gaultheria rupicola (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – New Guinea
Gaultheria sagittanthera (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – central Sulawesi
Gaultheria sanguinolenta (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria santanderensis A.C.Sm. – Colombia
Gaultheria saurauioides (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – east-central Borneo (Mount Kemul)
Gaultheria scabrida (Becc.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Borneo
Gaultheria schramii (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – western New Guinea (Nettoti Mountains)
Gaultheria schultesii Camp – Mexico (Oaxaca)
Gaultheria schultzei (Schltr.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch northeastern New Guinea
Gaultheria sclerophylla Cuatrec. – Ecuador, Colombia, northwestern Venezuela, and western Bolivia
Gaultheria semi-infera (C.B.Clarke) Airy Shaw – eastern Himalayas, Tibet, Myanmar, south-Central China, and Vietnam
Gaultheria sepikensis Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northeastern New Guinea
Gaultheria serrata (Vell.) Kin.-Gouv. ex Luteyn – southeastern Brazil
Gaultheria × serrulata Herzog – G. erecta × G. vaccinioides – Bolivia
Gaultheria seshagiriana Subba Rao & Kumari – Arunachal Pradesh
Gaultheria setiloba (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – western New Guinea
Gaultheria setulosa N.E.Br. – southern Venezuela
Gaultheria shallon Pursh – salal, shallon, or gaultheria – Alaska, British Columbia, and the United States west coast
Gaultheria sinensis J.Anthony – Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet, Myanmar, and south-central China (Sichuan and Yunnan)
Gaultheria sleumeri Smitinand & P.H.Hô – Vietnam
Gaultheria sleumeriana Kin.-Gouv. – Brazil (São Paulo: Serra do Bocaina)
Gaultheria smithii Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern New Guinea (Cyclops Mountains)
Gaultheria solitaria Sleumer – eastern Java (Mt. Ardjuno)
Gaultheria soror (Becc.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – western New Guinea
Gaultheria speciosa (A.C.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Venezuela (Bolívar)
Gaultheria sphenophylla (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria stapfiana Airy Shaw – eastern Himalayas, northern Myanmar, and China (Yunnan)
Gaultheria steenisii Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Sumatra
Gaultheria stellaris (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – New Guinea (Mt. Antares)
Gaultheria stenophylla P.W.Fritsch & Lu Lu – eastern Himalayas, southeastern Tibet, and China (Yunnan)
Gaultheria stereophylla A.C.Sm. – Ecuador (Azuay)
Gaultheria steyermarkii Luteyn – Venezuela (Sucre)
Gaultheria straminea R.C.Fang – southeastern Tibet
Gaultheria strigosa Benth. – Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and northwestern Venezuela
Gaultheria subcorymbosa Colenso – New Zealand
Gaultheria subglobularis (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – central New Guinea
Gaultheria suborbicularis W.W.Sm. – China (northwestern Yunnan)
Gaultheria sulawesiensis Kron & P.W.Fritsch – central Sulawesi
Gaultheria sulcinervia Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria sumatrensis (Merr.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Sumatra
Gaultheria supyanii (Argent) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Sulawesi
Gaultheria taiwaniana S.S.Ying – central Taiwan
Gaultheria tasmanica (Hook.f.) D.J.Middleton – Tasmania
Gaultheria tenuifolia (Phil.) Sleumer – central and southern Chile and southern Argentina
Gaultheria tetracme (Airy Shaw) P.W.Fritsch & Lu Lu – China (western Sichuan)
Gaultheria tetramera W.W.Sm. – Sikkim through eastern Himalayas and Tibet to western Yunnan
Gaultheria thymifolia Stapf ex Airy Shaw – Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet, northern Myanmar, and China (Yunnan)
Gaultheria tomentosa Kunth – Ecuador and Peru
Gaultheria triangulanthera (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – central Sulawesi
Gaultheria trichophylla Royle - Himalayan snowberry – Himalayas to northern Myanmar and south-central China
Gaultheria trigonoclada R.C.Fang – southeastern Tibet
Gaultheria trinervia (Elmer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Philippines (Mindanao: Mt. Calelan)
Gaultheria ulei Sleumer – southern Brazil
Gaultheria undata (J.J.Sm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – southwestern Sulawesi
Gaultheria urceolata (Stapf) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – northern Borneo
Gaultheria urdanetensis (Elmer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Philippines (Mindanao: Mt. Urdaneta)
Gaultheria vaccinioides Griseb. ex Wedd. – Peru and Bolivia
Gaultheria vareschii (Steyerm.) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – Venezuela (Bolívar)
Gaultheria varians (Sleumer) Kron & P.W.Fritsch – New Guinea
Gaultheria viridicarpa J.B.Williams – southeastern Queensland to northeastern New South Wales
Gaultheria viridiflora Sleumer – southwestern central Sulawesi (Latimodjong Mountains)
Gaultheria wardii C.Marquand & Airy-Shaw – Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet, northern Myanmar, and south-central China
References
Ericaceae genera