Rubus bicknellii

Rubus bicknellii, the Nantucket blackberry,[2] is an uncommon North American species of flowering plant in the rose family. It is found only on the Island of Nantucket. This is part of the Commonwealth (state) of Massachusetts in the northeastern United States.[3][4][5]

Rubus bicknellii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. bicknellii
Binomial name
Rubus bicknellii
Synonyms[1]
  • Rubus electus L.H.Bailey

The genetics of Rubus is extremely complex, so that it is difficult to decide on which groups should be recognized as species. There are many rare species with limited ranges such as this. Further study is suggested to clarify the taxonomy.[6]

References
  1. The Plant List, Rubus bicknellii L.H.Bailey
  2. "Rubus bicknellii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Bailey, Liberty Hyde. 1941. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 5(3): 164, 166–168, figure 66
  5. Yesterday's Island, Today's Nantucket, Volume 40 Issue 7 • June 17-23, 2010, Nantucket Science, island blackberries
  6. Flora of North America, Rubus Linnaeus, 1754. Bramble


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