Rubus glabratus is a Latin American species of brambles in the rose family. It is native to Central America (Panamá, Costa Rica) and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia).[1][2][3]
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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. glabratus
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| Rubus glabratus Kunth 1824 not W.C.R.Watson 1930 nor Custer ex Hegetschw. 1839
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Rubus glabratus is a perennial subshrub with stems up to 80 cm (2 2/3 feet) long, with curved prickles. Flowers are rose-colored. Fruit is red.[1][4][5]
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.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Rydberg, Per Axel. 1913. North American Flora 22(5): 440
- ^ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.
- ^ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
- ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1824. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 6: 221 description and figure captions in Latin
- ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1824. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 6: 221 full-page line drawing of Rubus glabratus
- ^ Flora of North America, Rubus Linnaeus, 1754. Bramble
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