Rubus roribaccus

Rubus roribaccus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. roribaccus
Binomial name
Rubus roribaccus
Synonyms[1][2]
Synonymy
  • Rubus canadensis var. roribaccus L.H.Bailey 1890
  • Rubus flagellaris var. roribaccus (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus procumbens var. roribaccus (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus villosus var. roribaccus (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus flagellaris var. occidualis L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus imperiorum Fernald
  • Rubus injunctus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus occidualis (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus pauperrimus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus pluralis (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus temerarius L.H.Bailey

Rubus roribaccus a North American species of brambles in the rose family, called the Lucretia blackberry.[3] It grows in eastern Canada (Québec) and the eastern and central United States (from New York and Massachusetts south to the Carolinas and west as far as Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska).[4][5]

Rubus roribaccus has a thick stem, round in cross-section and with straight prickles. Leaves are compound with 3 or 5 leaflets. Fruit is black, spherical or slightly oblong.[3]

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 roribaccus (L.H.Bailey) Rydb.
  2. ^ Tropicos, Rubus roribaccus (L.H. Bailey) Rydb.
  3. ^ a b Rydberg, Per Axel 1901. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, Manual of the Flora of the northern States and Canada 498
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  5. ^ Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1890. American Garden 11(11): 642
  6. ^ Flora of North America, Rubus Linnaeus, 1754. Bramble
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