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Rubus

Plant Genera

Rubus is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, most commonly known as brambles. Fruits of various species are known as raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, cloudberries and bristleberries. It is a highly diverse genus, with estimates of the number of Rubus species ranging from 250 to over 1,000, found across every continent except Antarctica.

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Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Genus 2
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ602740, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Rubus
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source
Wikidata: Rubus
Wikidata Q602740, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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