Rubus rosa

Rubus rosa is a North American species of flowering plant in the rose family. It grows in eastern Canada (Québec) and the eastern and central United States (from Maine south to North Carolina and west as far as Nebraska).[1][2]

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

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 state-level distribution map
  2. Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1944. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 5(8): 538–546, figures 244–246
  3. Flora of North America, Rubus Linnaeus, 1754. Bramble


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