Yunnan: Songming Xian.
Ca. 48.5 km N of Kunming.
Moist ravines and drier slopes with remnant broadleaved evergreen, Keteleeria, Pinus forest.
25°22'0"N,
102°45'0"E;
2100 m.
Flowers yellow. Originally identified as M. bodinieri Vaniot.
1984 Sino-Amer. Bot. Exped. (Bruce Bartholomew, David E. Boufford, Hsi-Wen LI, Cheng-Gong MA, Dan H. Nicolson, Tsun-Shen YING & Shao-Wen YU)