Rubus meracus

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|genus = Rubus

|species = meracus

|authority = L.H.Bailey 1943

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/rjp-4180 The Plant List, Rubus meracus L.H.Bailey ]

|synonyms = Rubus tantulus L.H.Bailey

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Rubus meracus is a North American species of dewberry in section Procumbentes (formerly Flagellares) of the genus Rubus, a member of the rose family. It grows in the central United States, in the central Mississippi and Ohio Valleys and the Great Lakes region.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Rubus%20meracus.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1943. Species batorum. The genus Rubus in North America. V. Flagellares. Gentes Herbarum 5: 229-432