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The genus Rubus is in the family Rosaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

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Species in Rubus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Rubus acanthophyllos Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus acuminatus Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus adenophorus Rolfe	Accepted		TRO
Rubus adenothallus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus adenotrichos Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus alceifolius Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus alexeterius Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus almus (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus alnifoliolatus H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus alnifolius Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus alpinus Macfad.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus amabilis Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus americanus (Pers.) Britton	Accepted		TRO
Rubus amphidasys Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus anatolicus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus andicola Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus angustibracteatus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus apetalus Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus arachnoideus Y.C. Liu & F.Y. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus arcticus L.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus arizonensis Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus armatus (Fernald) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus arrhenii (Lange) Lange	Accepted		TRO
Rubus assamensis Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus aurantiacus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus austrotibetanus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus azuayensis Romoleroux	Accepted		TRO
Rubus bambusarum Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus bavaricus (Focke) Hruby	Accepted		TRO
Rubus betonicifolius Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus biflorus Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus bifrons Vest	Accepted		TRO
Rubus blanchardianus (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus bogotensis Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Rubus boliviensis Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus bonatianus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus brasiliensis Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus brevipetiolatus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus buergeri Miq.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus bushii L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus caesius L.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus calycacanthus H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus calycinus Wall. ex D. Don	Accepted		TRO
Rubus candicans Weihe	Accepted		TRO
Rubus caudifolius Wuzhi	Accepted		TRO
Rubus chamaearrhenii (Focke) Vannerom	Accepted		TRO
Rubus chamaemorus L.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus chiliadenus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus chingii Hu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus chroosepalus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus chrysobotrys Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus cinclidodictyus Cardot	Accepted		TRO
Rubus clivicola E. Walker	Accepted		TRO
Rubus cochinchinensis Tratt.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus cockburnianus Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus columellaris Tutcher	Accepted		TRO
Rubus commutatus (G. Braun ex Focke) Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus compactus Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus constrictus P.J. Müll. & Lefèvre	Accepted		TRO
Rubus continentalis (Focke) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus corchorifolius L. f.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus cordifrons (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus coreanus Miq.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus coriaceus Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus coriifolius Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus costaricanus Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus crassifolius T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus crataegifolius Bunge	Accepted		TRO
Rubus croceacanthus H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus cuneifolius Pursh	Accepted		TRO
Rubus dalmaticus (Ser.) Guss.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus dasyphyllus (W.M. Rogers) Marsh	Accepted		TRO
Rubus delabathiensis Gust.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus delavayi Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus dolichophyllus Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus doyonensis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus dunnii F.P. Metcalf	Accepted		TRO
Rubus ellipticus Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus eriocarpus Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus erythrocarpus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus erythrocladus Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus eucalyptus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus eustephanos Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus faberi Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus fagifolius Schltdl. & Cham.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus fanjingshanensis L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus feddei H. Lév. & Vaniot	Accepted		TRO
Rubus flagellaris Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus flagelliflorus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus floribundus Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Rubus flosculosus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus fockeanus Kurz	Accepted		TRO
Rubus foliaceistipulatus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus formosensis Kuntze	Accepted		TRO
Rubus forrestianus Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus fragarioides Bertol.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus fraxinifoliolus Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Rubus fraxinifolius Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus fruticosus L.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus fujianensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus fuscifolius T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus fuscorubens Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus geoides Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus glabratus Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Rubus glabricarpus W.C. Cheng	Accepted		TRO
Rubus glandulosocalycinus Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Rubus glandulosocarpus M.X. Nie	Accepted		TRO
Rubus gongshanensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus grandipaniculatus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus gravesii (Fernald) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus grayanus Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus gressittii F.P. Metcalf	Accepted		TRO
Rubus grisebachii (Focke) Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus guianensis	Accepted		TRO
Rubus guyanensis Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus gyamdaensis L.T. Lu & Boufford	Accepted		TRO
Rubus hanceanus Kuntze	Accepted		TRO
Rubus hassleri Chodat	Accepted		TRO
Rubus hastifolius H. Lév. & Vaniot	Accepted		TRO
Rubus hemithyrsus Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus henryi Hemsl. & Kuntze	Accepted		TRO
Rubus herzogii Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus hirsutus Thunb.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus hirtus Waldst. & Kit.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus howii Merr. & Chun	Accepted		TRO
Rubus huangpingensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus humistratus Steud.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus humulifolius C.A. Mey.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus hunanensis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus hypopitys Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus ichangensis Hemsl. & Kuntze	Accepted		TRO
Rubus idaeopsis Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus idaeus L.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus illecebrosus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus imperialis Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus impressinervus F.P. Metcalf	Accepted		TRO
Rubus innominatus S. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Rubus inopertus (Focke) Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus irasuensis Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus irenaeus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus irritans Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus jambosoides Hance	Accepted		TRO
Rubus japonicus (Maxim.) Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus jianensis L.T. Lu & Boufford	Accepted		TRO
Rubus jinfoshanensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus kawakamii Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Rubus killipii A. Berger	Accepted		TRO
Rubus komarovii Nakai	Accepted		TRO
Rubus kulinganus L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus kwangsiensis H.L. Li	Accepted		TRO
Rubus laegaardii Romoleroux	Accepted		TRO
Rubus laevior (L.H. Bailey) Fernald	Accepted		TRO
Rubus lambertianus Ser.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus lanyuensis Chang	Accepted		TRO
Rubus lasiostylus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus lasiotrichos Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus latoauriculatus F.P. Metcalf	Accepted		TRO
Rubus leucanthus Hance	Accepted		TRO
Rubus lichuanensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus liebmannii Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus lineatus Reinw.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus lishuiensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus liui Yuen P. Yang & S.Y. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus lloydianus Genev.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus lobatus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus lobophyllus Y.K. Shih ex F.P. Metcalf	Accepted		TRO
Rubus lohfauensis F.P. Metcalf	Accepted		TRO
Rubus longepedicellatus C.H. Stirt.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus loxensis Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus lucens Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus luchunensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus lutescens Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus macilentus Cambess.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus macrogongylus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus macvaughianus Rzed. & Calderón	Accepted		TRO
Rubus malacocarpus Standl. & L.O. Williams	Accepted		TRO
Rubus malifolius Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus malipoensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus mallotifolius C.Y. Wu ex T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus megalococcus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus menglaensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus mesogaeus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus metoensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus michiganensis (Card) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus miser Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus montanus (Porter) Porter	Accepted		TRO
Rubus multisetosus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus murinus (Focke) Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus myrianthus Baker	Accepted		TRO
Rubus nagasawanus Koidz.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus neomexicanus A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Rubus neoviburnifolius L.T. Lu & Boufford	Accepted		TRO
Rubus nigricatus P. J. Muell. & Lefevre	Accepted		TRO
Rubus nitidus Weihe & Nees	Accepted		TRO
Rubus niveus Thunb.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus nubigenus Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Rubus nyalamensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus oblongus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus occidentalis L.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus occidualis (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus ortivus (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus ourosepalus Cardot	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pacificus Hance	Accepted		TRO
Rubus palmeri Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus panamanus L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus panduratus Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus paniculatus Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus paraguariensis (Chodat & Hassl.) Basualdo & Zardini	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pararosifolius F.P. Metcalf	Accepted		TRO
Rubus parkeri Hance	Accepted		TRO
Rubus parviaraliifolius Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Rubus parvifolius L.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus paucidentatus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pectinarioides H. Hara	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pectinaris Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pectinellus Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pedunculosus D. Don	Accepted		TRO
Rubus peltatus Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus penduliflorus C.Y. Wu ex T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pentagonus Wall. ex Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pervarius (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus phoenicolasius Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pileatus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pilulifer Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pinnatisepalus Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pinnatus Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pirifolius Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pittieri Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus platysepalus Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus playfairianus Hemsl. ex Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pluralis (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pluribracteatus L.T. Lu & Boufford	Accepted		TRO
Rubus poliophyllus Kuntze	Accepted		TRO
Rubus polyodontus Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus potentilloides W.E. Evans	Accepted		TRO
Rubus praecipuus L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus preptanthus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pringlei Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pseudopileatus Cardot	Accepted		TRO
Rubus ptilocarpus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pumilus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pungens Cambess.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus pyramidaliformis (Sudre) Ziel.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus quinquefoliolatus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus radicans Cav.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus raopingensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus reflexus Ker Gawl.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus refractus H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus regionalis (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus repens (L.) Kuntze	Accepted		TRO
Rubus reticulatus Wall. ex Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus rigidus Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus rolfei S. Vidal	Accepted		TRO
Rubus roseus Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus rosifolius Sm. ex Baker	Accepted		TRO
Rubus rotundior (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus rubicundus (Wooton & Standl.) Tidestr.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus rubrisetulosus Cardot	Accepted		TRO
Rubus rufus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus sachalinensis H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus salwinensis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus sapidus Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus saxatilis L.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus scandens Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus schiedeanus Steud.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus schottii Pohl ex Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus sellowii Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus setchuenensis Bureau & Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus shihae F.P. Metcalf	Accepted		TRO
Rubus sibiricus Sinjkova	Accepted		TRO
Rubus sikkimensis Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus simplex Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus smithii Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus spananthus Ze-min Wu & Z.L. Cheng	Accepted		TRO
Rubus sparsiflorus J.F. Macbr.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus spinulosoides F.P. Metcalf	Accepted		TRO
Rubus stans Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus stellatus Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus stimulans Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus stipulosus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus strigosus Michx.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus subarcticus (Greene) Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus subcoreanus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus suberectus G. Anderson ex Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus subinopertus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus subornatus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus subtibetanus Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus sulcatus Vest	Accepted		TRO
Rubus sumatranus Miq.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus swinhoei Hance	Accepted		TRO
Rubus taitoensis Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Rubus taiwanicola Koidz. & Ohwi	Accepted		TRO
Rubus tantus L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus taronensis C.Y. Wu ex T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus tephrodes Hance	Accepted		TRO
Rubus thibetanus Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus tinifolius C.Y. Wu ex T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus treutleri Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus trianthus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus tricolor Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus trijugus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus trilobus Moc. & Sessé ex Ser.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus trinitatis (A. Berger) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus trivialis Michx.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus tsangii Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus tsangiorum Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus turkestanicus (Regel) Pavlov	Accepted		TRO
Rubus ulmifolius Schott	Accepted		TRO
Rubus urticifolius Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus verae-crucis Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus villicaulis Kóhler ex Weihe & Nees	Accepted		TRO
Rubus vulcanicola (Donn. Sm.) Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus wallichianus Wight & Arn.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus wangii F.P. Metcalf	Accepted		TRO
Rubus wardii Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus wawushanensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus weberbaueri Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus wheeleri (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Rubus wilsonii Duthie	Accepted		TRO
Rubus wimmerianus (Sprib. ex Sudre) Sprib.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus wuchuanensis S.Z. He	Accepted		TRO
Rubus wushanensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus wuzhianus L.T. Lu & Boufford	Accepted		TRO
Rubus xanthocarpus Bureau & Franch.	Accepted		TRO
Rubus xanthoneurus Focke	Accepted		TRO
Rubus xichouensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus yanyunii Y.T. Chang & L.Y. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Rubus yiwuanus W.P. Fang	Accepted		TRO
Rubus yuliensis Y.C. Liu & F.Y. Lu	Accepted		TRO
Rubus yunnanicus Kuntze	Accepted		TRO
Rubus zhaogoshanensis T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 2,208 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Rubus. Of these 331 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 546 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Rubus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 2,208 species names for the genus Rubus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	331	15.0%
◕	Synonym	473	21.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1,404	63.6%

All names

The status of the 2,754 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Rubus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	460	16.7%
◕	Synonym	764	27.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1,530	55.6%

The confidence with which the status of the 2,208 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Rubus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	331	470	0	0	801	36.3%
	Low confidence	0	3	0	1,404	1,407	63.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Rubus, are as follows: