''Rubus geoides'' is a South American species of
flowering plant
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in the
rose family. It has been found only in the extreme southern part of the continent, in the Provinces of
Tierra del Fuego
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,
Santa Cruz,
Río Negro, and
Neuquén in
Argentina
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, the adjacent
Magallanes Region of
Chile
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, and the
Falkland Islands
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.
''Rubus geoides'' is a very small, spineless, trailing herb rarely more than 10 cm tall. It has
trifoliate leaves.
Smith, James Edward 1789. Plantarum Icones Hactenus Ineditae 1: plate 19 + subsequent text page
description in Latin, black & white illustration of ''Rubus geoides'' in flower
References
External links
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in southern Chile circa 1828
*
geoides
Plants described in 1789
Flora of Argentina
Flora of Chile
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