Rubus rosa, commonly known as rose blackberry, is a North American species of highbush blackberry in Section Alleghenienses of the genus Rubus, a member of the rose family.[1] It grows in the eastern and central United States (from Maine south to North Carolina and west as far as Minnesota and Nebraska), as well as eastern Canada (Québec).[2][3]
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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. rosa
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| Rubus rosa | |
References
edit- ^ Bailey, L.H. (1944b). "Species batorum. The genus Rubus in North America. VIII. Alleghenienses". Gentes Herbarum. 3: 504–588.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
- ^ Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1944. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 5(8): 538–546, figures 244–246
External links
edit- Herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 1917
- "Rubus rosa". Plants for a Future.
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