Bredia reniformis (Melastomataceae), a new species from Guangxi, China

Bredia reniformis, a new species of Melastomataceae from Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated.Bredia reniformisis similar toB. plagiopetala(C. Chen) R. C. Zhou & Ying Liu andB. gracilis(Hand.-Mazz.) Diels by having axillary inflorescences and flowers with eight isomorphic stamens, but differs from the latter two in having glandular-puberulous indumentum, reniform calyx lobes and shortly falcate yellowish anthers with obconical dorsal appendages.