Rubus geoides

Rubus geoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. geoides
Binomial name
Rubus geoides
Sm. 1789
Synonyms

Dalibarda geoides (Sm.) Pers.

Rubus geoides is a South American species of flowering plant in the rose family. It is a very small, spineless, trailing herb rarely more than 10 centimetres (4 in) tall, with trifoliate leaves.

It has been found only in southern South America, in the provinces of Tierra del Fuego, Santa Cruz, Río Negro, and Neuquén in Argentina, the adjacent Magallanes Region of Chile, and the Falkland Islands.

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Rubus geoides Sm.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Rubus geoides, Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Rubus geoides Sm.
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157.