Bredia macrophylla var. pulchella (C. Chen) J. H. Dai & Ying Liu, 2025

Dai, Jin-Hong, Zhong, Zhe, Zhou, Ren-Chao & Liu, Ying, 2025, New taxa and nomenclatural changes in Bredia (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae), PhytoKeys 266, pp. 1-31 : 1-31

Bredia macrophylla var. pulchella (C. Chen) J. H. Dai & Ying Liu comb. nov.

≡ Phyllagathis longiradiosa var. pulchella C. Chen , Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4 (3): 52. 1984 (Basionym). Type: China. Guangxi: Longjin , 4 May 1959, F. F. Huang 3596 ( holotype: GXMI! [ GXMI 050237 ]) . ≡ Bredia longiradiosa var. pulchella (C. Chen) R. Zhou & Ying Liu , PhytoKeys 127: 146. 2019 .

Notes.

Bredia macrophylla var. pulchella differs from B. macrophylla var. macrophylla in the stem, leaf petioles, and hypanthium only puberulent (vs. villous with multiseriate hairs), without multiseriate hairs with inflate bases.

Additional specimen examined.

China. Guangxi Province: • Daxin County, CHN Herb. Guangxi Exped. 0390 ( PE) , J. J. Wang 04220 ( GXMI) ; • Jingxi County, H. Wang 6676 ( PE) ; • Longzhou County, CHN Herb. Guangxi Exped. 0582 ( PE), 0984 ( PE) , S. K. Li 200501 ( IBK, IBSC) , P. X. Tan 57212 ( IBSC) , S. C. Chen 13933 ( HIBT, IBK, IBSC) , Nonggang Exped. 10262 ( IBK), 20407 ( GXMI, IBK) , Y. Liu and Y. S. Huang Y 2372 ( IBK) , F. S. Huang 3596 ( GXMI) , J. Y. Luo and J. X. Ling 76256 ( GXMI) , Longzhou Med. Exped. 0331 ( GXMI) .