Rubus loxensis
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Rubus loxensis is a species of the genus Rubus , the only member of the subgenus Orobatus . The epithet refers to the place of discovery near the Peruvian town of Loxa .
description
Rubus loxensis is a shrubby plant. The branches are hairless, but the flower stalks and petioles are hairy. The leaves are ovate to ovate-lanceolate, short-lobed, the individual lobes bluntly rounded. The stipules are up to 1 centimeter long and lanceolate to elliptical. The purple petals are 10 to 15 inches long, egg-shaped, tapering to a point and slightly hairy.
distribution
The species is native to northwestern South America ( Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia ) in the Andes at 2500–3500 m altitude as an occasional companion of plant communities of the type Clusio ellipticae - Weinmannietum cochensis .
proof
- Hugh Algernon Weddell: Chloris andina - Essai d'une flore de la région alpine des cordillères de l'Amérique du sud , 1857, Vol. 2, p. 233