Rubus peruncinatus (Sudre) Yuzepchuk (1941: 607)

Akopian, Janna, 2024, Taxonomic synopsis of the genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Armenia, Phytotaxa 677 (2), pp. 125-143 : 133

8. Rubus peruncinatus (Sudre) Yuzepchuk (1941: 607) ≡ R. obvallatus var. peruncinatus Sudre (1914: 94) . Type:—Transcaucasia, prov. Batum, distr. Artvin, in monte Konia, loco Chachauc, s.d., s.c., s.n. (LE). ( Fig. 4 C, D )

Distribution in Armenia: in Ijevan and Zangezur floristic region. Broad-leaved forests, forest edges, river-bed forests, river and brook banks, 900–1200 m a.s.l.

Phenology: Flowering June–July; fruiting July–August.

The occurrence of the species for the Zangezur floristic region is indicated for the first time.

General distribution: Transcaucasia, Crimea, East Anatolia.

Selected specimens. ARMENIA: Dzoraget gorge, near the hydroelectric station (folia 1), 10 September 1955, Mulkidzhanyan 58324 ( ERE) ; Dzoraget gorge, near the hydroelectric station (folia 2), 10 August 1955, Mulkidzhanyan 58325 ( ERE) ; Kafan district , vicinity of the village Musallam, 1600 m a.s.l., 29 August 1984, Arevshatyan 172697 ( ERE) .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Leaves and fragments of stems of Rubus cartalinicus (Ijevan× Berd, forest road, 1100 m a.s.l., 15August 1954, Mulkidzhanyan 58311, ERE)—A, B; R. peruncinatus (Dzoraget gorge, near the hydroelectric station, folia 1, 10 August 1955, Mulkidzhanyan 58324, ERE)—C, D; R. takhtadjanii (Zangezur, Kafan region, Shikahokh reserve, beech forest, 25 July 1959, Grigoryan 98405, ERE)—E, F.