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Species within a genus
Genus:
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RUBUS
(
La
)
Family:
ROSACEAE
ruber, ruberus, = red, ruddy.
rubus, = a bramble-bush, blackberry-bush; a blackberry.
(colour of the fruits of many of the species)
(
ld
,
Le
)
Rubus fruticosus
(
La
)
Blackberry, Bosbraam, Bramble (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
K
)
frutex, = a shrub, bush;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
fruticosus, = full of shrubs or bushes, shrubby, bushy.
(bushy; shrub-like)
(
ld
,
BL
)
Rubus pinnatus
(
La
)
Capebramble, Iqunube, Kaapse Braam (
PS
)
Location: (
F
)
penna, pinna, = a feather; a wing;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
pennatus, pinnatus, = winged.
(feathered, winged)
(
ld
,
BL
)