Rubus lawrencei

Rubus lawrencei is an uncommon North American species of brambles in the rose family. It grows in the northeastern United States (New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Maine). Nowhere is it very common.[1][2]

Rubus lawrencei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. lawrencei
Binomial name
Rubus lawrencei

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.[3]

References

  1. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  2. Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1941. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 5(3): 145–146, figure 54
  3. Flora of North America, Rubus Linnaeus, 1754. Bramble


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