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Rubus atroroseus (Rosaceae), a new species of the section Corylifolii from the Czech Republic

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A new tetraploid bramble species, Rubus atroroseus, classified within the subgenus Rubus, section Corylifolii, series Sepincola, is described. It is a regional species endemic to north-western Bohemia. It has been recorded at ca 70 localities and the distance between the most remote localities is ca 60 km. It grows most frequently in open and sunny habitats such as roadside ditches, open scrub and fringes of meadows, scrub, and woodlands. The morphological variability of the species is low and indicates apomixis as the probable dominant mode of its reproduction. Rubus atroroseus differs distinctly from all related species known from the Czech Republic and adjacent Germany by the following characters: primocanes pruinose, intensively suffused dark brown-red (in sunlit sites), sparsely hairy and glandular, primocane leaves deep green above, terminal leaflet of primocane leaves usually round with a double serrate margin, pedicels with usually 1–2 prickles, and petals deep pink. A distribution map, a list of revised herbarium specimens, a photograph of the type specimen, a pen drawing and in situ photographs of the species are provided.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Ivan Bílek for allowing us to study his herbarium. We are grateful to Michal Sochor (Crop Research Institute, Olomouc) for the determination of the ploidy level in Rubus atroroseus. Frederick Rooks is acknowledged for his advice on the English of this paper, and Anna Skoumalová for the drawing. The study of J. Velebil was co-funded by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic within the project DivLand (SS02030018).

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  1. South Bohemian Museum in České Budějovice, Dukelská 1, CZ-370 51, České Budějovice, Czechia

    Martin Lepší

  2. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, CZ-370 05, České Budějovice, Czechia

    Martin Lepší

  3. Administration of the Blanský les Protected Landscape Area, Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic, Vyšný 59, CZ-381 01, Český Krumlov, Czechia

    Petr Lepší

  4. Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Horticulture, Květnové náměstí 391, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czechia

    Jiří Velebil

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Lepší, M., Lepší, P. & Velebil, J. Rubus atroroseus (Rosaceae), a new species of the section Corylifolii from the Czech Republic. Folia Geobot 57, 213–228 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12224-022-09420-3

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