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  "abstract": "Rubus subg. Malachobatus is morphologically well-circumscribed at the subgeneric level, but its infrasubgeneric relationships remain unclear, and many taxa have been subject to significant taxonomic disputes. Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses of nuclear ribosomal ITS and complete plastome datasets, combined with comprehensive morphological comparisons, a new species from southwestern China is described here as R. phantasmaticus Q. P. Wang, X. Y. Dai & Huan C. Wang. Both datasets consistently resolve R. phantasmaticus as nested within R. subg. Malachobatus and most closely related to R. hypopitys. Morphologically, R. phantasmaticus clearly differs from R. hypopitys in its growth habit, leaf shape, and inflorescence architecture. Additionally, the two species are geographically adjacent but exhibit non-overlapping distributions. Rubus phantasmaticus has long been overlooked and was recently treated as a variety of R. chrysobotrys, but both morphological comparisons and molecular phylogenetic evidence indicate that R. phantasmaticus represents a distinct taxon with no close phylogenetic affinity to R. chrysobotrys.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University Kunming China https://ror.org/0040axw97",
    "Guizhou Academy of Forestry, Guiyang 550005, Guizhou, China Guizhou Academy of Forestry Guiyang China",
    "Yunnan Hubo Environmental Protection Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China Yunnan Hubo Environmental Protection Science and Technology Co., Ltd. Kunming China",
    "Herbarium of Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, China Herbarium of Yunnan University Kunming China https://ror.org/0040axw97"
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  "author_total": 6,
  "authors": [
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      "name": "Qiu-Ping Wang",
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      "name": "Xiao-Yong Dai"
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      "name": "Feng Yang",
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      "name": "Ting-Ting Wang",
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      "name": "Qing Zhou"
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      "name": "Huan-Chong Wang",
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  "doi": "10.3897/phytokeys.281.204346",
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      "Rosaceae"
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      "1105|Plant Diversity and Evolution"
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  "pdf_url": "https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/204346/download/pdf/",
  "pmcid": "PMC13732287",
  "pmid": "42985026",
  "published": "2026-10-27",
  "publisher": "Pensoft Publishers",
  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/fm0j68njr03je.ris",
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    {
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  "title": "Rubus phantasmaticus (Rosaceae), an overlooked new species of R. subg. Malachobatus from southwestern China",
  "title_text": "Rubus phantasmaticus (Rosaceae), an overlooked new species of R. subg. Malachobatus from southwestern China",
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