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Rubus geoides

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Rubus geoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: 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 is a very small, spineless, trailing herb rarely more than 10 centimetres (4 in) tall, with trifoliate leaves.[2]

It has been found only in southern South America, in the provinces of Tierra del Fuego, Santa Cruz, Río Negro, and Neuquén in Argentina,[3] the adjacent Magallanes Region of Chile, and the Falkland Islands.[4][5][6]

References

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  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.
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  • "Rubus geoides". Plants for a Future.