Rubus geoides

Rubus geoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species: R. geoides
Binomial name
Rubus geoides
Sm. 1789
Synonyms[1]

Dalibarda geoides (Sm.) Pers.

Rubus geoides is a South American species of flowering plant in the rose family. It has been found only in the extreme southern part of the continent, in the Provinces of Tierra del Fuego and Neuquén in Argentina and the adjacent Magallanes Region of Chile.[2][3][4]

Rubus geoides is a very small, spineless, trailing herb rarely more than 10 cm tall. It has trifoliate leaves. [5]

References

  1. The Plant List, Rubus geoides Sm.
  2. Tropicos, Rubus geoides Sm.
  3. Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348
  4. Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157.
  5. Smith, James Edward 1789. Plantarum Icones Hactenus Ineditae 1: plate 19 + subsequent text page description in Latin, black & white illustration of Rubus geoides in flower


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