Rubus schiedeanus Steud.

Rubus superbus Focke; Donn. Smith, Bot
Gaz. 18: 201. 1893.
Stems perennial, tomentose-pubescent, sparingly and minutely spiny; leaves ternate; stipules setaceous, small; leaflets subcoriaceous, sharply serrate, pilose on the veins on both sides, otherwise glabrous, shining above, dull beneath, elliptic, long-acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, with 8-10 lateral veins on each side; lateral leaflets somewhat smaller; inflorescence ample, elongate, subtended by one or two ternate or unifoliolate leaves, racemiform or the lower branches 3-flowered; peduncle and pedicels tomentose-hirsute, minutely prickly; bracts small, lanceolate, tomentose; sepals ovate, gray-tomentose on both sides; petals large, obovate, unguiculate, twice or three times as long as the sepals; receptacle hirsute; drupelets numerous.
Type locality: San Miguel Uspant&n, Quiche, Guatemala. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Rubus schiedeanus Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 2: 479. 1841
Rubus dumetorum Schlecht. Linnaea 13: 267. 1839. Not R. dumetorum Weihe. 1824.
Stems perennial, subterete or obtusely angled, puberulent or short-pilose, armed with small recurved pubescent prickles; leaves coriaceous, persistent, digitately quinate or ternate; stipules linear-setaceous, pubescent; petioles, petiolules, and midveins pubescent and armed with recurved prickles; petioles 5-8 cm. long; leaflets 4-10 cm. long, coriaceous, 2-6 cm. wide, persistent, dark-green and glabrous above, puberulent beneath, elliptic, obtuse at the base, abruptly acuminate at the apex, serrulate, or sometimes nearly entire; petiolule of the median leaflet 1-4 cm. long, those of the outermost leaflets 2-6 mm. long; lateral veins 9-12 on each side; panicles terminal and axillary, densely villous, sometimes prickly; bracts lanceolate, the lower often 3-fid; sepals ovate, obtuse, 3-nerved. grayish-tomentose; petals obovate-cuneate, white, 10-14 mm. long, much exceeding the sepals; receptacle cylindric, obtuse; fruit black; drupelets numerous, glabrous.
Type locality: In thickets of Jalapa, Vera Cruz. Distribution: Southern Mexico to Guatemala.

Rubus schiedeanus is a Mesoamerican species of brambles in the rose family. It grows in southern Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz) and Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Honduras).

Rubus schiedeanus is a hairy and prickly perennial. Leaves are compound with 3 or 5 leaflets, thick and leathery. Flowers are white. Fruits are black.