Rubus trichomallus

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

Rubus trichomallus is a Latin American species of brambles in the rose family. It grows in southern Mexico, Colombia, and Central America.[1][2][3]

Rubus trichomallus is a shrub several meters tall, with curved prickles and copious hairs. Leaves are compound with 3 or 5 leaflets. Fruits are red at first, nearly black when fully ripe.[1][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Rydberg, Per Axel. 1913. North American Flora 22(5): 456
  2. ^ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
  3. ^ D'Arcy, W.G. 1987. Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Part 1: The introduction and checklist. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: v–xxx, 1–328
  4. ^ Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von 1839. Linnaea 13: 268 in Latin