Taxon:  Rubus niveus Thunb.



Summary
Genus:
Rubus
Subgenus:
Idaeobatus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Rosoideae
Tribe:
Rubeae
Nomen number:
32396
Place of publication:
Rubo 9.  1813
Verified:
03/30/1993 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
18 (17  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Rubus niveus Thunb. subsp. niveus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rubus albescens Roxb.
Rubus foliolosus D. Don
Rubus horsfieldii Miq.
Rubus lasiocarpus Sm.
Rubus micranthus D. Don
Rubus pedunculosus D. Don

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Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  4. Botanic Gardens Trust. New South Wales flora online, PlantNET (on-line resource).
  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  6. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  7. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: naturalized
  8. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  9. Finn, C. et al. 2002. Use of 58 Rubus species in five North American breeding programmes - Breeders news. Acta Hort. 585:113-119.
  10. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  11. Hall, H. K. et al. 2009. Chapter 2. Raspberry breeding and genetics. Pl. Breed. Rev. 32:39-353.
  12. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  13. Hosking, J. R. 2010. pers. comm. via e-mail on 1 Feb Note: re. distribution in Queensland
  14. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  15. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  16. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  17. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  18. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  19. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  20. Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
  21. Pankhurst, R. J. 2011. Rosaceae. Rubus. In: Stevens, W. D. et al., eds., Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). 3:2205. Note: introduced
  22. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  23. Pullaiah, T. et al. 1997-1998. Flora of Andhra Pradesh (India).
  24. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  25. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  26. Renteria, J. L. et al. 2012. Management of the invasive hill raspberry (Rubus niveus) on Santiago Island, Galapagos: Eradication or Indefinite Control? Invasive Pl. Sci. Managm. 5:37-46.
  27. Romoleroux, K. 1996. Rosaceae. In: Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds., Flora of Ecuador. 56:27.
  28. Saldanha, C. J. 1985-. Flora of Karnataka.
  29. Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
  30. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  31. Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
  32. Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
  33. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  34. Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:107.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishCeylon raspberry  1Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Englishhill raspberry  1Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
EnglishMysore raspberry  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanMysorehimbeere  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiakala hinsalu  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishframbuesa  2Romoleroux, K. 1996. Rosaceae. In: Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds., Flora of Ecuador. 56:27.
Transcribed Chinesehong pao ci teng  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:107.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:107.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:107.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:107.
2Cultivated    widely cult.Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: naturalized
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales Botanic Gardens Trust. New South Wales flora online, PlantNET (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland Hosking, J. R. 2010. pers. comm. via e-mail on 1 Feb Note: re. distribution in Queensland
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorGalápagos Romoleroux, K. 1996. Rosaceae. In: Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds., Flora of Ecuador. 56:27.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
  • CHINA: China [Gansu Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zimbabwe
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador [Galápagos]

Reference(s)
  1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  2. Botanic Gardens Trust. New South Wales flora online, PlantNET (on-line resource).
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: naturalized
  5. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  6. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  7. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  8. Hosking, J. R. 2010. pers. comm. via e-mail on 1 Feb Note: re. distribution in Queensland
  9. Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
  10. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  11. Romoleroux, K. 1996. Rosaceae. In: Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds., Flora of Ecuador. 56:27.
  12. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  13. Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
  14. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  15. Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:107.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruit Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
Human foodfruit Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Human foodfruit Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weedseed contaminantpotentialSeed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
Weedseed contaminantpotentialWeber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=32396. Accessed 12 May 2026.