The Identity of Rubus pekinensis Focke and R. crataegifolius Bunge (Rosaceae)

By

Huang, Tiran
Wang, Cong
Li, Juntao
Liu, Xuhang
Ma, Lanqing
Wang, Hong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-4-28

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

195

Pages

15--28

Subjects

Identity , new synonym , R. crataegifolius , Rosaceae , Rubus pekinensis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.195.83181

 

Abstract

A critical examination of specimens, with literature and a field survey have shown that Rubus pekinensis is conspecific with R. crataegifolius. Their morphological variations range can be defined as: leaves at the base may be ovate, suborbicular, narrowly ovate, entire, at the middle, ovate, narrowly ovate, oblong-lanceolate, palmately 3-lobed or 5-lobed and at the top, ovate, lanceolate, entire or 3-lobed; flowers solitary in the axillae or several flowers clustered at the terminal of branchlets or formed into short racemes. Therefore, we treat the former species as a synonym for the latter one.