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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. sierrae
Binomial name
Rubus sierrae
Laferr.

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]

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