Rubus tobolicus Doweld, 2017

Doweld, Alexander B., 2017, New names of fossil Rubus (Rosaceae), Phytotaxa 326 (4), pp. 279-283 : 281

Rubus tobolicus Doweld , nom. nov.

Replaced name:— Rubus minor Nikitin (2007: 94) , nom. illeg. non Rubus minor Kuntze (1879: 97) ( McNeill et al. 2012, Art. 53.1). Type:—68-14/1, Пх.63-20-93 (Novosibirskgeologija, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation) – figured by Nikitin (2007: pl. 10, fig. 39).

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

Stratigraphy:—Middle Miocene (Langhian).

Status:—Fruits.

Eponymy:—From Tobolia, a name of palaeoland (part of ancient Western Siberia in Mesozoic–Cainozoic).

IFPNI registration record:—FDB72262-F9D4-448A-9B53-5A206344FR.

Note:—The fossil-species Rubus minor Nikitin (2007: 94) was established based on fossil fruits from Langhian (Middle Miocene) sediments of Western Siberia (Chernovsky village, Novosibirsk region, Russian Federation) with suggested affinity to the living species Rubus idaeus Linnaeus (1753: 492) . However, it is a later illegitimate homonym of the extant species Rubus minor Kuntze (1879: 97) ( McNeill et al. 2012, Art. 53.1). The fossil-species Rubus minor Nikitin is renamed here as Rubus tobolicus Doweld , nom. nov.