Rosaceae

Rubus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 492 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical to Tropical Mountains.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Solomon Is., South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Svalbard, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Comoros, Galápagos, Juan Fernández Is., Marquesas, Mauritius, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Uruguay, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 13: 267–276 (1935)
  • Gustafsson in Arkiv. för Bot. 26A, 7: 1–68 (1934)
  • Kew Bull. 1938: 177–187.
  • —F.T.A. 2: 374

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 218 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 492 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 218 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 492 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 25, 2021 Masters, LE; Gori, BML; Rivas-Ferreiro, M; Rees, MM [LEM1] United Kingdom K001291772 Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Johns, R.J.; Simaga, J.M. [09495] Papua New Guinea K000618117 No
Aug 12, 2008 Takeuchi, W. [12095] Papua New Guinea K000229939 No
Aug 12, 2008 Ramadhanil et al. [271] K000229938 Yes
Aug 12, 2008 Ambriansyah et al. [AA 2642] K000229941 Yes
Aug 12, 2008 Ingle, N.R. [197] Philippines K000229940 Yes
Aug 25, 2004 Mandia, E., H. [256] Philippines K000227944 No
Aug 19, 2004 Madulid et al. [PPI 7747] Philippines K000227865 No
Aug 19, 2004 Gaerlan et al. [PPI 19930] Philippines K000227872 No
Aug 19, 2004 Lovave, M. [MJL 032] Malaysia K000227853 No
Aug 19, 2004 Lowe, R.A.W., et al. [21j] Indonesia K000227866 No
Aug 19, 2004 Gaerlan et al. [PPI 2791] Philippines K000227873 No
Aug 19, 2004 Argent, G., et al. [1987100] Malaysia K000227868 No
Aug 19, 2004 Argent, G.; Sandham, J. [86/55] Papua New Guinea K000227870 No
Aug 19, 2004 Gaerlan et al. [PPI 19922] Philippines K000227874 No
Aug 19, 2004 Argent, G. [C8741] Indonesia K000227869 Yes
Jan 1, 2003 Naruhashi, N. [03053101] Japan K000607942 Isotype Yes
Mar 24, 1999 s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000762032 Type Yes
Jun 1, 1994 Spruce, R. [6108] Ecuador K000006067 No
Jun 1, 1994 Spruce, R. [5181] Ecuador K000006069 No
Jun 1, 1994 Spruce, R. [5181] Ecuador K000006068 No
Jun 1, 1994 Spruce, R. [6108] Ecuador K000006066 No
Mar 11, 1964 s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000737714 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1931 Forrest, G. [27187] China K000737794 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1931 Forrest, G. [24640] China K000737795 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1709 Baur., R. [857] South Africa K000312555 Type Yes
Lobb, T. [234] Indonesia K000737974 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-15638.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 730] K001111731 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ross-Craig, S.; Sealy, J.R. [1829] United Kingdom K:SPC-11666.000 No
Wilson, E.H. [145] China K000737875 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sweden K000737693 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cavalerie, J. [215] China K000737765 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bloxam [s.n.] United Kingdom K000737712 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 730] India K001111734 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cavalerie, J. [3945] China K000737722 Type Yes
s.coll. [518] United Kingdom K000737603 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 748] Nepal K001111778 Unknown Type Material Yes
[1281] K000312546 Isotype Yes
Henry, A. [5788e] China K000737819 Unknown Type Material Yes
Huet du Pavillion, A.; Huet du Pavillion, E. [313] Italy K000737705 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [52] Sweden K000737698 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ross-Craig, S.; Sealy, J.R. [1794] United Kingdom K:SPC-15639.000 No
Mucaleque, P.; Osborne, J.; Banze, A. Datizua, C.; Mamba, A.; Rachide,T.; Ndala, B. (guide) [PM60] Mozambique K001346906 No
Dawayan, A. [46] Malaysia K001635722 No
Lobb, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K000737975 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 748] K001111774 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hui [86] China K000737846 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ross-Craig, S.; Sealy, J.R. [1825] United Kingdom K:SPC-16102.000 No
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 730] India K001111728 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cavalerie [1003] China K000737664 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [38] Sweden K000737702 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 727] Nepal K001111720 Unknown Type Material Yes
Esquirol, J., H. [221] China K000737761 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baron, R. [1815] Madagascar K000312558 Type Yes
s.coll. [497b] United Kingdom K000737606 Unknown Type Material Yes
d'Argy, C. [s.n.] China K000737836 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [421a] United Kingdom K000737604 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lobb, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K000737971 Type Yes
Ross-Craig, S.; Sealy, J.R. United Kingdom K:SPC-16509.000 No
Mucaleque, P.; Osborne, J.; Banze, A. Datizua, C.; Mamba, A.; Rachide,T.; Ndala, B. (guide) [PM74] Mozambique K001346920 No
Lübeck, H.G. [51] Sweden K000737696 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [5788f] China K000737822 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [5788d] China K000737820 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [5283] Thailand K000737984 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rogers, M.A. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000737607 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 743] Burma K001111759 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baker, C.F. [400] United States K000762078 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 748] Malaysia K001111775 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, E.H. [3471] China K000737669 Type Yes
Ligon, K. [89] Malaysia K001604916 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [119] China K000737723 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ghogue.; Achoundong.; Cheek.; Onana.; Ghogue.; Tadjouteu.; Kalindula.; Kambale.; Amponsah.; Kimaro.; Etuge.; Talla.; Ndi. [411] Cameroon K001495577 No
Wright, C. [2410] Cuba K000424887 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, M. [18488] Tanzania K:SPC-27647.000 No
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 730] India K001111733 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [421a] United Kingdom K000737605 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hui [86] China K000737845 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rogers, W.M. [478] United Kingdom K000737602 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132343 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [5416h] China K000737759 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wild, H. [30542] Zimbabwe K:SPC-11663.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [4407] United Kingdom K:SPC-29932.000 No
Peacock, D.M. United Kingdom K:SPC-27754.000 No
[2430] K000312554 Type Yes
Tarquet [2829] Korea, South K000737830 Type Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3830] Colombia K001636599 No
Wood, J.R.I. [3830] Colombia K001636600 No
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 727] India K001111721 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gabrielsson, J.A. [50] Sweden K000737697 Unknown Type Material Yes
Skutch, A.F. [3199] Costa Rica K000424893 Type Yes
Rogers, W.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000737609 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rogers, W.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000737600 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K000762071 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stirton, C.H. [9796] South Africa K:SPC-50105.000 No
Ghogue.; Achoundong.; Cheek.; Onana.; Ghogue.; Tadjouteu.; Kalindula.; Kambale.; Amponsah.; Kimaro.; Etuge.; Talla.; Ndi. [421] Cameroon K001495575 No
Wallich [s.n.] Nepal K000737908 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 730] K001111732 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [5510] Ecuador K000006072 No
Cavalerie, J. [1369] China K000737766 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 744] Malaysia K001111761 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delavay [s.n.] China K000737862 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] Malaysia K000737985 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 741] Nepal K001111750 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. K000737757 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gabrielsson, J.A. [39] Sweden K000737701 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, E.H. [42] China K000737869 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lobb, T. [234] Indonesia K000737972 Type Yes
Yashiroda, K. [111] Taiwan K:SPC-09932.000 No
Henry, A. [5788b] China K000737823 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-16531.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 727] K001111722 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 748] Nepal K001111779 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 727] India K001111724 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ross-Craig, S.; Sealy, J.R. [1823] United Kingdom K:SPC-16527.000 No
Henry, A. K000737756 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lobb, T. [234] Indonesia K000737973 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, E.H. [832] China K000737826 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cavalerie, J. [1201] China K000737736 Type Yes
Tarquet [2850] Korea, South K000737880 Type Yes
Cavalerie, J. [920] China K000737861 Unknown Type Material Yes
Skutch, A.F. [3770] Costa Rica K000424892 Type Yes
Unkown [909] Brazil K000424879 Unknown Type Material Yes
Esquirol, J.H. [858] China K000737837 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 737] Nepal K001111745 Unknown Type Material Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [261] India K000737951 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cavalerie, J. [3948] China K000737633 Unknown Type Material Yes
Turrill, W.B.; Scotterley, W. United Kingdom K:SPC-16505.000 No
Noton, B. [Cat. no. 748] India K001111771 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 748] K001111776 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [5788c] China K000737821 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [5416g] China K000737760 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 724] Nepal K001111712 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [737] Nepal K000737909 Unknown Type Material Yes
d' Argy, C. [s.n.] China K000737835 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [12034] China K000737915 Unknown Type Material Yes
K000312557 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner [4546] Brazil K000424880 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. K000737758 Unknown Type Material Yes
Verdcourt, B. [4408] United Kingdom K:SPC-29940.000 No
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador K000200461 No
Richardson, J. [103] K000762080 Unknown Type Material Yes
Naruhashi, N.; Tawan, C. [2528] Malaysia K000737970 Type Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 748] K001111769 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rogers, W.M. [503] United Kingdom K000737608 Unknown Type Material Yes
Archer-Briggs, T.R [423e] United Kingdom K000737598 Lectotype Yes
Archibald, J.F. [H.4182/65] United Kingdom K:SPC-28174.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Sweden K000737694 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, E.H. [3019] China K000737838 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 748] Nepal K001111767 Unknown Type Material Yes
Léveille, H. [s.n.] China K000937835 Type Yes
Albury; Cheese; Watson [ACW2350] Turkey K:SPC-54714.000 No
Bloxam [s.n.] United Kingdom K000737713 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner, E. [Cat. no. 746] Nepal K001111765 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [5510] Ecuador K000006073 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 734] Nepal K001111741 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 748] Nepal K001111777 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rogers, W.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000737601 Unknown Type Material Yes
Björkön [s.n.] Sweden K000737700 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 748] Bangladesh K001111773 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delavay [s.n.] China K000737863 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] K000737884 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delavay [954] China K000737668 Unknown Type Material Yes
Yashiroda, K. [111] K:SPC-11664.000 No
Torrey, J. [s.n.] United States K000762081 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stirton, C.H. [9797] South Africa K:SPC-49810.000 No
Noton, E. [Cat. no. 730] India K001111729 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [15925] China K000737917 Unknown Type Material Yes
Meyer, T.; Legname, P.R.; Cuezzo, A.R. [4.116 C] Argentina K000424891 Unknown Type Material Yes
Douglas [s.n.] United States K000762073 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000762079 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [5788] China K000737818 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 727] K001111723 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 730] Burma K001111730 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000762072 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cavalerie [3576] China K000737634 Isotype Yes
Cavalerie, J. [1110] China K000737642 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 747] Nepal K001111766 Unknown Type Material Yes
Noton, B. [Cat. no. 748] India K001111770 Unknown Type Material Yes
Verdcourt, B. [4411] United Kingdom K:SPC-29924.000 No
Wallich, N. [724] Nepal K000737883 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132344 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cavalerie, J. [3575] China K000737724 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richardson, J. [s.n.] K000762082 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baron, R. [1535] Madagascar K000312551 Type Yes
Tschonoski [s.n.] Japan K000737679 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 744] Malaysia K001111760 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ross-Craig, S.; Sealy, J.R. [1769] United Kingdom K:SPC-15642.000 No
Cavalerie, J. [3307] China K000737767 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 724] Nepal K001111711 Unknown Type Material Yes
Coode, M.J.E. [6286] Indonesia K:SPC-55437.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 748] Nepal K001111768 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 748] K001111772 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bullock, A.A. K:SPC-16103.000 No
K000313020 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baretto, G. [s.n.] Hong Kong K:SPC-73436.000 No
Wallich [s.n.] Nepal K000737950 Unknown Type Material Yes
Archer-Briggs, T.R [423] United Kingdom K000737599 Type Yes
Staunton, G. [s.n.] China K000737842 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 734] Nepal K001111740 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [5310] Thailand K000737981 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [s.n.] China K000737916 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cavalerie, J. [4053] China K000737725 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ross-Craig, S.; Sealy, J.R. [1834] United Kingdom K:SPC-16107.000 No
Cheng; Hwa [742] China K000737868 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M. [14328] Tanzania K:SPC-25609.000 No
Waterhouse, J.H.L. [96] Solomon Islands K:SPC-07599.000 No
Henry, A. [5788] China K000737824 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ley, A. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000737610 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [6283] Thailand K000737983 Unknown Type Material Yes

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0