Rubus alumnus explained

Rubus alumnus is a North American species of highbush blackberry in section Alleghenienses of the genus Rubus, a member of the rose family.^[1] It is native to eastern and central Canada (Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia) and the eastern and central United States (from Maine south to North Carolina and west as far as Oklahoma, Kansas, and Minnesota).^{[2] [3]}

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 1997

Notes and References

1. Bailey . L.H. . 1944b . Species batorum. The genus Rubus in North America. VIII. Alleghenienses. . Gentes Herbarum . 3 . 504–588.
2. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Rubus%20alter.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
3. Bailey, Liberty Hyde. 1941. Gentes Herbarum; Occasional Papers on the Kinds of Plants 5(1): 82–84, figure 28