Recircumscription of Bredia and resurrection of Tashiroea (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae) with description of a new species T. villosa Author Zhou, Qiu-Jie Author Dai, Jin-Hong Author Lin, Che-Wei Author Denda, Tetsuo Author Zhou, Ren-Chao Author Liu, Ying text PhytoKeys 2019 127 121 150 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.127.36608 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.127.36608 1314-2003-127-121 984BE958639F563981AAD9B3868D1734 3352453 Bredia hirsuta Blume, Mus. Bot. 1(2): 25. f. 4. 1849. Type. Japan. K. Ito s.n. (lectotype, designated here: L! [L0170980]). In the protologue, Blume (1849) cited no specimen but the name " Rhexia fasikan " (should be Rhexia hasikan , see below) attached to a specimen from Von Siebold's herbarium. Ohba and Akiyama (pers. comm.) discovered one sheet with the name " Rhexia hasikan " in the herbarium in Leiden (L0170980). The sheet contains two collections, a smaller one covered by paper on the upper part and a larger one with four branches on the middle and lower part. According to Ohba (pers. comm.), the epithet " hasikan " comes from the Japanese name of B. hirsuta , viz. "Hashikan-boku" . This sheet is regarded as the type material of B. hirsuta . We here designate the larger collection on the sheet as the lectotype of B. hirsuta .