Rubus rosa, commonly known as rose blackberry, is a North American species of highbush blackberry in Section Alleghenienses of the genus Rubus, a member of the rose family.[1] It grows in the eastern and central United States (from Maine south to North Carolina and west as far as Minnesota and Nebraska), as well as eastern Canada (Québec).[2][3]

Rubus rosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. rosa
Binomial name
Rubus rosa

References

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  1. ^ Bailey, L.H. (1944b). "Species batorum. The genus Rubus in North America. VIII. Alleghenienses". Gentes Herbarum. 3: 504–588.
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  3. ^ Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1944. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 5(8): 538–546, figures 244–246
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