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Accession Data:

Bredia hirsuta Blume

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Melastomataceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Taiwan, Japan (Kyushu, Yakushima Isl.), Ryukyu Isl.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199000034
  • Source: Smith College (seed)
  • Accession Date: 05-15-1989
  • Bench: 3307 - NEOB: Bromeliad Island
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-17-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: rosids
  • Order: Myrtales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Melastomataceae
  • SubFamily: Melastomatoideae
  • Tribe: Sonerileae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Nansei-shoto / Taiwan

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
  2. Bredia hirsuta at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 13, 2016.

data regenerated on Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:03:05 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

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Current Accessions in the Melastomataceae

Subfamily Melastomatoideae
Tribe Melastomeae

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  • Heterocentron unidentified
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Subfamily Melastomatoideae
Tribe Miconieae

  • Medinilla cummingii
  • Medinilla sedifolia
  • Pachycentria glauca

Subfamily Melastomatoideae
Tribe Sonerileae

  • Bredia hirsuta
  • Monolena aff. primuliflora
  • Monolena primuliflora
W/C = Wild Collected
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