Rubus ortivus

Rubus ortivus is uncommon North American species of brambles in the rose family. It grows in the northeastern United States (Maine) and eastern Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick).[2][3][4]

Rubus ortivus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. ortivus
Binomial name
Rubus ortivus
Synonyms[1]
  • Rubus semisetosus var. ortivus L.H. Bailey 1934
  • Rubus perinvisus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus vermontanus var. ortivus (L.H.Bailey) B.Boivin

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.[5]

References
  1. Tropicos, Rubus ortivus (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1934. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 3(5): 254, f. 134, as Rubus semisetosus var. ortivus
  4. Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1944. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 5(8): 568, as Rubus ortivus
  5. Flora of North America, Rubus Linnaeus, 1754. Bramble


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