Rubus costaricanus

Rubus costaricanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species: R. costaricanus
Binomial name
Rubus costaricanus
Liebm. 1853

Rubus costaricanus is a Mesoamerican species of brambles in the rose family. It grows in southern Mexico and Central America, from Chiapas to Panamá.[1][2][3]

Rubus costaricanus is a shrub sometimes more than 3 meters tall, with curved prickles. Leaves are compound with 3 or 5 leaflets.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Rydberg, Per Axel. 1913. North American Flora 22(5): 456
  2. Morales Quirós, J. F. 2014. Rosaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. VII. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 129: 437–463
  3. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Saururaceae a Zygophyllaceae. 2(3): v–xvii, 1–347. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F..
  4. Liebmann, Frederik Michael 1853. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1852(8–10): 159–160 description in Latin, commentary in Danish


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