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Rubus floribundus

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Rubus floribundus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. floribundus
Binomial name
Rubus floribundus
Kunth 1824
Synonyms[1]
  • Rubus robustus C.Presl

Rubus floribundus is a South American species of brambles in the rose family. It grows in western South America as far south as Bolivia.[2][3][4][5]

Rubus floribundus is a perennial with soft wool and a few curved prickles. Leaves are compound with 3 or 5 stiff leaflets. Flowers are white. Fruits are purple.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos, Rubus abundus Rydb.
  2. ^ a b Rydberg, Per Axel. 1913. North American Flora 22(5): 456
  3. ^ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744
  4. ^ Romoleroux, K. 1996. 79. Rosaceae. 56: 1–151. In G. W. Harling & L. Andersson (eds.) Flora of Ecuador. University of Göteborg, Göteborg
  5. ^ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584