Rubus plicatus is a species of blackberry native to Europe.
Taxonomy
The
type specimen of the
genus Rubus was selected from among
Carl Linnaeus specimens by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Addison Brown in 1913 as a
herbarium specimen labelled
Rubus fruticosus. This specimen turned out to include a mixture of pieces that apparently belong to
Rubus plicatus and
Rubus ulmifolius. From these, a component that appears to match
Rubus plicatus was selected to be the type.
The type of
Rubus plicatus, however, is a different specimen (which permits an individual botanist to decide that
R. plicatus and
R. fruticosus are not the same species). Whenever
R. fruticosus and
R. plicatus are considered to belong to the same species, the name
Rubus fruticosus has priority. When one must be listed as a synonym of the other,
R. fruticosus is usually considered to be a synonym of the later name
Rubus plicatus,
[ although strictly speaking that choice is contrary to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants.
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