Bredia esquirolii var. rubra 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

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.266.160564

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17543556

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EF5B44FF-C3A7-581F-B997-00AEA15CBA5B

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scientific name

Bredia esquirolii var. rubra J. H. Dai & Ying Liu
status

var. nov.

Bredia esquirolii var. rubra J. H. Dai & Ying Liu var. nov.

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Type.

China • Guizhou: Libo County, Maolan Town, Pang-xie-gou , ca. 500 m, 3 Apr 2022, Y. Liu and J. H. Dai 864 ( holotype: PE!; isotypes: SYS!) .

Diagnosis.

Bredia esquirolii var. rubra differs from B. esquirolii var. esquirolii in having dense reddish multiseriate hairs on the stems, leaves, and inflorescences.

Phenology.

Flowering in late March to April, fruiting May to June.

Etymology.

The specific epithet refers to the reddish hairs on many parts of the plant.

Distribution.

This variety is currently only known from Libo, Guizhou, China, growing in moist places under forests.

Additional specimen examined.

China. Guizhou Province: • Libo County, J. J. Li 20183113 ( QNUN) , M. Hu QNSY 20182148 ( QNUN) , M. J. He 20185348 ( QNUN) , S. H. Yang 20183109 ( QNUN) , M. Deng 20188529 ( QNUN) , X. J. Ma 20188464 ( QNUN) , J. W. Zhang 20181054 ( QNUN) , Q. L. Yang 201812072 ( QNUN) , D. Y. Cen 20188495 ( QNUN) , L. Wu and F. L. Chen 6426 ( CSFI) , X. M. Wang 0351 ( HGAS) .

PE

Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

SYS

Zhongshan (Sun Yatsen) University

CSFI

Central-South Forestry University

HGAS

Guizhou Academy of Sciences