| Rubus sierrae | |
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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. sierrae
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| Binomial name | |
| Rubus sierrae | |
Rubus sierrae is a small Mexican species of shrub in the genus Rubus, family Rosaceae. It is known from a single collection from near the village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico, in the Sierra Madre Occidental approximately 18 km northwest of Yepachic. The specimen was collected in riparian forest dominated by Acer grandidentatum Nutt. and Cupressus lusitanica.[1][2]
Rubus sierrae has ternate leaves and solitary flowers. It is unusual in the genus in having distinctive serrate sepals.[3] It is named in memory of Dionisia Sierra Cruz (1985–87), of Nabogame.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Laferrière, Joseph E. (1998). "Rubus sierrae (Rosaceae), a new species from Chihuahua". Phytologia. 84 (3): 169–171.
- ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter includes distribution map
- ^ Laferriere, Joseph E. 1991. Optimal use of ethnobotanical resources by the Mountain Pima of Chihuahua, Mexico. PhD Dissertation, University of Arizona.