Rubus, 2021

Beek, Abraham Van De, 2021, Rubi Capenses: a further contribution to the knowledge of the genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in South Africa, Phytotaxa 515 (1), pp. 1-71 : 31

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.515.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8067195
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE3646-FF91-FFC3-FF43-FBC3FA95FA37
treatment provided by	Plazi (2023-06-20 17:40:20, last updated 2023-11-09 11:05:50)
scientific name	Rubus
status	ser. nov.

Treatment

Series Scleri A.Beek ser. nov.

Type:— Rubus mundtii Chamisso & Schlechtendal (1827: 18) View in CoL

Diagnosis: —Stem rigid, erect to arching; leaves abaxially grey or white tomentose; inflorescences often small, rigid.

Notes: — Chamisso & Schlechtendal (1827) described two Rubus species from the samples that were collected by Mundt and Maire in the Cape, R. chrysocarpus and R. mundtii . Ecklon and Zeyher distributed specimens under these names, and Drège (1843), following E. Meyer (in sched.), lumped these as ‘ R. discolor Meyer’, a name that is not only a later homonym of R. discolor Weihe & Nees [1824: 30 ; = R. ulmifolius Schott (1818: 42) ], but also an invalidly published nomen nudum. Later authors lumped both with R. rigidus .

The extant specimens belong to a group of discolorous brambles with rigid stems, usually rather small leaves, and often small inflorescences. These are well distinguished from members of Rubus ser. Rigidi with their mounding or scrambling primocanes and larger inflorescences, and therefore they are described as a separate series.

References

Chamisso, A. de & Schlechtendal, D. de (1827) De plantis in expeditione speculatoria romanzoffiana observatis. Linnaea 2: 1 - 20. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / item / 10846 # page / 5 / mode / 1 up]

Drege, J. F. (1843) Zwei pflanzengeographische Documente. Besondere Beigabe zur Flora Band II, Regensburg, 230 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 87612

Schott, H. W. (1818) Auszuge aus den Berichten und Briefe der auf befehl Sr. Majestat des Kaisers nach Brasilien abgeschickten ˆ sterreichisschen Naturforscher an den Direktor des k. k. Hof-Naturkabinette Herrn Karl von Schreibers als Referenten des wissenschaftlichen Anteiles der Expedition. Vaterlandische Blatter fur den Ostterreichische Kaiserstat I: 4 - 6, 37 - 44, 61 - 67.

Weihe, K. E. A. & Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. D. (1824) Rubi Germanici. Die deutsche Brombeerstrauche, Fasc. III et IV. Sch ˆ nian'sche Buchhandlung, Elberfeld, pp. 29 - 46.