Rubus suus

Rubus suus is an uncommon North American species of brambles in the rose family. It grows in the eastern and south-central United States from Georgia north to Pennsylvania and Ohio, west to eastern Texas.[2][3]

Rubus suus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. suus
Binomial name
Rubus suus
Synonyms[1]
  • Rubus demareanus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus jennisonii L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus monongaliensis L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus ramifer L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus texanus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus vixargutus 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.[4]

References
  1. The Plant List, Rubus suus L.H.Bailey
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1945. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 5(9): 634–636, figure 281
  4. Flora of North America, Rubus Linnaeus, 1754. Bramble


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