Rubus caucasicus

Rubus caucasicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Rosoideae
Tribus: Rubeae
Genus: Rubus
Subgenus: Rubus subg. Rubus
Sectio: Rubus sect. Rubus
Species: Rubus caucasicus

Name

Rubus caucasicus Focke, Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 4: 183 (1874).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Rubus hirtus subsp. caucasicus (Focke) Sudre, Vĕstn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 15: 50 (1909).
• Heterotypic
  • Rubus glandulosus var. canescens Boiss., Fl. Orient. 2: 693 (1872).
  • Rubus hirtus f. ponticus Focke, Biblioth. Bot. 83: 473 (1914).
  • Rubus ponticus (Focke) Juz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 10: 607 (1941).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya). Western Asia Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Focke, W.O. 1874. Batographische Abhandlungen. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 4: 139–204. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Juzepczuk, S.W. 1941. Rubus. Pp. 6–45 in Komarov, V.L., Schischkin, B.K. & Juzepczuk, S.V. (eds.), Flora URSS (Flora Unionis Rerumpublicarum Sovieticarum Socialisticarum) X. [Rosaceae] [in Russian]. xxiii + 673 pp., Academia Scientiarum URSS, Mosqua, Leningrad. DJVU English translation: xxii + 512 pp. [1] Reference page. 
• Davis, P.H. (ed.) 1972. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 4 (Rosaceae to Dipsacaceae). 657 pp. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. ISBN 0-85224-208-5. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Rubus caucasicus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jul 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Rubus caucasicus. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jul 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Rubus caucasicus. Accessed: Jul 26 2025. Reference page. 

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