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/ref>Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1941. Species batorum. The genus ''Rubus'' in North America. Vol. IV. ''Verotriviales''. Gentes Herbarum 5: 199-228

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apogaeus Plants described in 1941 Flora of the Southern United States {{Rubus-stub