Rubus laticarpus Doweld, 2017

Doweld, Alexander B., 2017, New names of fossil Rubus (Rosaceae), Phytotaxa 326 (4), pp. 279-283 : 280

Rubus laticarpus Doweld , nom. nov.

Replaced name:— Rubus brevis Nikitin (2007: 95 , pl. 10, figs. 47–49), nom. illeg. non Rubus brevis Gremli (1870: 33) ( McNeill et al. 2012, Art. 53.1).

Type:—68–5/1, Пх.63–20–82.5 (Novosibirskgeologija, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation) – figured by Nikitin (2007: pl. 10, fig. 47).

Geography:—Chernovsky village, Novosibirsk region, Russian Federation.

Stratigraphy:—Middle Miocene (Langhian).

Status:—Fruits.

Eponymy:—From the wide form of the preserved endocarps.

IFPNI registration record:—FDB72262- F 9D4-448A-9 B 53-5 A 206344 FR.

Note:—The fossil-species Rubus brevis Nikitin (2007: 95) was established based on fossil fruits from Middle Miocene (Langhian) sediments of Western Siberia (Chernovsky village, Novosibirsk region, Russian Federation) with no suggested affinity to any living species of Rubus . The wide form of endocarps is very distinctive and has no direct analogue among extant and known fossil species. However, it is a later homonym of the extant species Rubus brevis Gremli (1870: 33) ( McNeill et al. 2012, Art. 53.1). Hence, a new replacement name is necessary for the fossil-species, Rubus laticarpus Doweld , nom. nov.