Rubus thibetanus
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| Ghost Bramble | |
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| R. thibetanus specimen, growing at the Botanical Garden in Berlin | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rubus |
| Subgenus: | Idaeobatus |
| Species: | R. thibetanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rubus thibetanus Franch. [1] |
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Rubus thibetanus, known as ghost bramble,[4] is a species of deciduous shrub in the genus Rubus, native to China, where the local Chinese name may be translated into English as Tibetan dewberry.[5] It is xu zang xuan gou zi in transcribed Chinese[2]
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[edit] Distribution and habitat
R. thibetanus is found in Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Xizang provinces, to an altitude of 900-2100 meters, usually in dry areas in ravines, thickets, ditches, and on the edges of forests.[2][6]
[edit] Description
It grows 2–3 m tall, with reddish-brown, cylindric branchlets, sparse prickles, and white blooms, which emerge in June. In August it bears its fruit, which are globular, purplish-black or dark red berries, 8–10 mm in diameter.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ R. thibetanus was originally described and published in Nouvelles archives du muséum d'histoire naturelle, sér. 2, viii. 1885 (1886) 221. "Plant Name Details for Rubus thibetanus". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=740816-1. Retrieved July 25, 2010. "Notes: Tibet"
- ^ a b c GRIN (January 14, 2006). "Rubus thibetanus information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?32462. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ^ In: Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 1909 258. Royal Gardens, Kew. "Plant Name Details for Rubus veitchii". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=741092-1. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ^ Umberto Quattrocchi (1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. University of Palermo, Italy: CRC Press; Taylor & Francis group. ISBN 9780849321191.
- ^ Flora of China page for Rubus thibetanus (cf. below), as read through Skweezer translate (Chinese to English)
- ^ a b "Rubus thibetanus". Flora of China. eFloras. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=200011601. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
