藉由對東亞地區布勒德屬植物新鮮或乾燥標本的觀察與文獻查詢,本研究確認毛布勒德藤(Bredia hirsuta var. hirsuta)存在於台灣,確立布勒德藤(B. scandens)的分類地位,並提出下列的新組合學名:葉底紅(B. hirsuta var. fordii)、峨眉野海棠(B. scandens var. omeiensis)、鴨腳茶(B. yaeyamensis var. sinensis)、沖繩布勒德木(B. yaeyamensis var. okinawensis)。本研究亦分別提供台灣與世界產布勒德屬檢索表。
Field, herbarium and literature studies of Bredia species (Melastomataceae) in East Asia has revealed that Bredia hirsuta is distributed in Taiwan and B. scandens should be an independent species from B. hirsuta. Four new combinations are also proposed: B. hirsuta var. fordii, B. scandens var. omeiensis, B. yaeyamensis var. sinensis, B. yaeyamensis var. okinawensis. Keys to the taxa of the genus Bredia in Taiwan and in the world were provided.