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Rubus praecox Bertol.

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Rubus praecox Bertol. (1842)
Rubus praecox Bertol.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Bertol.
Bertol.
1842
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Rubus praecox Bertol.
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Rubus praecox

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praecox

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Very robust, scrambling shrub; primocanes arching, brownish to purple, occasionally slightly pruinose, sharply angled and flat to slightly concave between, with sometimes a few subsessile glands, otherwise glabrous or almost glabrous; armature of many, stout, erect prickles on angles. Young stems sparsely to moderately hairy and sparsely glandular. Leaflets 5, sparsely pilose or almost glabrous on upper surface, pilose on veins and with dense whitish tomentum between on lower surface, 1-2-serrate-dentate; terminal leaflet lamina orbicular to obovate- or ovate-elliptic, acuminate, (60)-80-160 × (40)-50-100-(150) mm, with petiole 1/4-1/2 length of lamina. Stipules linear to narrow-lanceolate. Infl. densely hairy, with subsessile glands. Sepals acuminate, tomentose and with longer, simple hairs, rarely with a few pricklets. Petals rounded or shallowly notched, slightly crinkled, usually pale pink. Anthers usually glabrous, sometimes with 1-2 hairs.

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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Otago Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Southland Land District
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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editorial
There is some doubt that this species is actually in New Zealand. The Australian key suggests that it is Rubus anglocandicans there. Pers. comm. Chris Ecroyd 2010

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10 August 2021
10 August 2021
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