Rubus geoides is a South American species of flowering plant in the rose family. It is a very small, spineless, trailing herb rarely more than tall, with trifoliate leaves.Smith, James Edward 1789. Plantarum Icones Hactenus Ineditae 1: plate 19 + subsequent text page description in Latin, black & white illustration of Rubus geoides in flower
It has been found only in southern South America, in the provinces of Tierra del Fuego, Santa Cruz, Río Negro, and Neuquén in Argentina,Rubus geoides, Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad the adjacent Magallanes Region of Chile, and the Falkland Islands.Tropicos, Rubus geoides Sm.Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157.
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