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TWO NEW SPECIES OF BREDIA (MELASTOMATACEAE) FROM TAIWAN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

Ching-Long Yeh ,
Shih-Wen Chung ,
Tian-Chuan Hsu  and
Chuan-Rong Yeh
Ching-Long Yeh
Affiliation:
Department of Forestry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, 1 Hsuehfu Road, Neipu, Pingtung 912, Taiwan.
Shih-Wen Chung
Affiliation:
Division of Forestry, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, 53 Nanhai Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan. E-mail: biflora@gmail.com
Tian-Chuan Hsu
Affiliation:
Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Road, Sec. 4, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
Chuan-Rong Yeh
Affiliation:
Department of Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, 116 Heping 1st. Road, Kaohsiung 802, Taiwan.
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Abstract

An examination of living material of Bredia (Melastomataceae) in Taiwan and a comparison with herbarium material of the genus from eastern Asia (China, Japan and Taiwan) has led to the recognition of two new species, B. dulanica C.L.Yeh, S.W.Chung & T.C.Hsu and B. laisherana C.L.Yeh & C.R.Yeh. The morphology and diagnostic characters of these two species are described and illustrated and a key to the species of Bredia in Taiwan is given.

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BrediaMelastomataceaeTaiwan
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , November 2008 , pp. 393 - 405
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2008

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