Rubus frondosus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rubus |
| Species: | R. frondosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rubus frondosus (Torr.) Bigelow 1824
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Synonymy
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Rubus frondosus is a North American species of flowering plant in the rose family. It has been found in Ontario and in the eastern and central United States from Maine south to Georgia and west as far as Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Minnesota.[2] Common name is leafy-bracted blackberry.[3]
Rubus frondosus has pinnately compound leaves with 3 or 5 leaflets. Flowers are white. Fruits are black.[4]
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.[5]
References
- ^ The Plant List, Rubus frondosus (Torr.) Bigelow
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Rydberg, Per Axel 1901. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, Manual of the Flora of the northern States and Canada 497
- ^ Fernald, M. 1950. Gray's Manual of Botany (ed. 8) i–lxiv, 1–1632. American Book Co., New York
- ^ Flora of North America, Rubus Linnaeus, 1754. Bramble
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