Rubus frondosus is a North American species of highbush blackberry in section Arguti of the genus Rubus, a member of the rose family.[2] It has been found in Ontario and in the eastern and central United States from Maine south to Georgia and west as far as Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Minnesota.[3]

Rubus frondosus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. frondosus
Binomial name
Rubus frondosus
(Torr.) Bigelow 1824
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Rubus villosus var. frondosus Bigelow ex Torr. 1824
  • Rubus brainerdii Fernald
  • Rubus cardianus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus difformis L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus eriensis L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus heterogeneus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus nescius L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus pauxillus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus pensilvanicus var. frondosus (Bigelow ex Torr.) B.Boivin
  • Rubus pratensis L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus sativus (L.H.Bailey) Brainerd
  • Rubus uniquus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus wahlii L.H.Bailey

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Rubus frondosus (Torr.) Bigelow
  2. ^ Bailey, L.H. (1944a). "Species batorum. The genus Rubus in North America. IX. Arguti". Gentes Herbarum. 3: 589–835.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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