Rubus argutus Link, 1822

Van de Beek, Abraham & Widrlechner, Mark P., 2021, North American species of Rubus L. (Rosaceae) described from European botanical gardens (1789 - 1823), Adansonia (3) 43 (8), pp. 1789-1823 : 88

Rubus argutus Link

In Enumeratio plantarum: 62 ( Link 1822).

NEOTYPE (here designated). — The photo in Gentes Herbarum 1: 278 ( Bailey 1925).

FINDINGS

The original specimens of R. argutus at B have been lost, but Bailey published photos of them ( Bailey 1923: 187; 1925: 278; 1945: 619). In his 1923 publication, he printed photos of two specimens, but only one photo was printed in 1925. It was on this specimen that Bailey focused his attention, and in 1945 ( Bailey 1945: 619) he selected it as the type. Since the specimen in B has been lost, we select that photo ( Bailey 1925: 278) as a replacement type:

Rubus argutus is a blackberry with 3-5 foliolate, small, narrow leaves with jagged serrations, especially within the inflorescence, and fine pedicels. It is common across much of the southeastern United States ( Davis et al. 1969b).