Rubus arvensis, the field blackberry,[2] is an uncommon North American species of flowering plant in the rose family. It is found in scattered locations in the southeastern and south-central United States (from eastern Texas to the Carolinas, with isolated populations in Kentucky).[3][4]
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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. arvensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rubus arvensis L.H.Bailey 1945
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The genetics of Rubus is extremely complex, so that it is difficult to decide on which groups should be recognized as species. There are many rare species with limited ranges such as this. Further study is suggested to clarify the taxonomy.[5]
References edit
- ^ The Plant List, Rubus arvensis L.H.Bailey
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rubus arvenis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Bailey, Liberty Hyde. 1945. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 5(9): 695, 698, figure 313
- ^ Flora of North America, Rubus Linnaeus, 1754. Bramble
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