Taxon:  Rubus rosifolius Sm.



Summary
Genus:
Rubus
Subgenus:
Idaeobatus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Rosoideae
Tribe:
Rubeae
Nomen number:
32436
Place of publication:
Pl. icon. ined. 3: t. 60.  1791 "rosaefolius"
Comment:
  • valid publication and authorship verified from original literature
  • spelling corrected in accordance with Shenzhen ICN Art. 60.10
Verified:
06/09/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
14 (9  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 rosifolius Sm. var. rosifolius

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rubus commersonii Poir.
Rubus coronarius (Sims) Sweet
Rubus eustephanos Focke ex Diels var. coronarius (Sims) Koidz.
Rubus hirsutus Thunb. var. glabellus (Focke) Wuzhi
Rubus rosifolius Sm. var. coronarius Sims
Rubus taiwanianus Matsum.
Rubus thunbergii Siebold & Zucc. var. glabellus Focke

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Fruit

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
  3. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  4. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  5. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  6. Bean, A. R. 1997. A revision of Rubus sect. Idaeobatus (Focke) Focke (Rosaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 4:681.
  7. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  8. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  9. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  10. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  11. Finn, C. F. & J. F. Hancock. 2008. Chapter 12. Raspberries. In: Hancock, J. F., ed., Temperate fruit crop breeding: germplasm to genomics 359-392.
  12. Fuks, R. 1984. Rubus L. (Rosaceae) do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rodriguésia 36:9-13.
  13. Hall, H. K. et al. 2009. Chapter 2. Raspberry breeding and genetics. Pl. Breed. Rev. 32:39-353.
  14. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  15. Huang, J.-H. & J.-M. Hu. 2009. Revision of Rubus (Rosaceae) in Taiwan. Taiwania 54:303-304.
  16. Hummer, K. E. et al. 2013. Asian germplasm influences on American berry crops. HortScience 48:1090-1094.
  17. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  18. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  19. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  20. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  21. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
  22. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  23. Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). Note: = Rubus commersonii
  24. 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.
  25. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  26. Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. Note: "naturalized beyond its native range"
  27. Randell, R. A. et al. 2004. Genetic analysis of natural hybrids between endemic and alien Rubus (Rosaceae) species in Hawai'i. Conservation Genet. 5:217-230.
  28. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  29. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  30. Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:278.
  31. Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia. 2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 10:113-123.
  32. Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
  33. Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:242.
  34. Willis, J. H. 1970-1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria.
  35. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  36. Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:81.
  37. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbramble-of-the-Cape  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
EnglishMauritius raspberry  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishraspberry-bush  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishrose-leaf bramble  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishthimbleberry  1Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
Germanjavanische Himbeere  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmajitokin-ibara as Rubus commersonii2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). Note: = Rubus commersonii
Spanishframbueso de Africa  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinesekong xin pao  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius   
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 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-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 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-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:81.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaKalimantan Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:81.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:81.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSulawesi Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:81.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysiaSabah Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:81.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysiaSarawak Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:81.
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaIndonesiaPapua Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:81.
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea   
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaSolomon Islands   
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Walese.Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslands.e.Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoriae.Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia   
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificVanuatu   
2Cultivated    cult. throughout tropics & warm-temperate regionsPankhurst, 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.
4Naturalized    natzd. throughout tropics & warm-temperate regions 
Native
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • PAPUASIA: Indonesia [Papua], Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi], Malaysia [Sabah, Sarawak]
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales (e.), Queensland (s.e.), Victoria (e.)]
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: New Caledonia, Vanuatu
Cultivated (cult. throughout tropics & warm-temperate regions)
Naturalized (natzd. throughout tropics & warm-temperate regions)

Reference(s)
  1. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  2. 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.
  3. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  4. Zandee, M. & C. Kalkman. 1981. The genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Malesia. 1. Subgenera Chamaebatus and Idaeobatus. Blumea 27:81.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:278.
Human foodfruit Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Human foodfruit Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Weed  Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
Weed  Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
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=32436. Accessed 13 May 2026.