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raspberries
Idaeobatus
Rubus is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, most commonly known as brambles. Fruits of various species are known as raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, cloudberries, and bristleberries. It is a diverse genus, and estimates of the number of Rubus species vary from 250 to over 1,000, found across all continents except Antarctica.
Most of these plants have woody stems with prickles like roses; spines, bristles, and gland-tipped hairs are also common in the genus. The Rubus fruit, sometimes called a bramble fruit, is an aggregate of drupelets. The term "cane fruit" or "cane berry" applies to any Rubus species or hybrid, which is commonly grown with supports such as wires or canes, including raspberries, blackberries, and hybrids such as loganberry, boysenberry, marionberry, and tayberry. The stems of such plants are also referred to as canes.
60 branches of this group, most-observed first

Idaei
sectionIdaei

Spectabiles
sectionSpectabiles

black raspberry
speciesRubus occidentalis

Rosifolii
sectionRosifolii

whitebark raspberry
speciesRubus leucodermis

Parvifolii
sectionParvifolii

Corchorifolii
sectionCorchorifolii

Microphylli
sectionMicrophylli

Stimulantes
subsectionStimulantes

Rubus wallichianus
speciesRubus wallichianus

Pungentes
sectionPungentes

Rubus trianthus
speciesRubus trianthus

‘Ākala
speciesRubus hawaiensis
Leucanthi
subsectionLeucanthi

Rubus parviaraliifolius
speciesRubus parviaraliifolius

Rubus taitoensis
speciesRubus taitoensis

Rubus taiwanicola
speciesRubus taiwanicola

White-stemmed Bramble
speciesRubus cockburnianus

Two-Flower Raspberry
speciesRubus biflorus

Rubus innominatus
speciesRubus innominatus

purple raspberry
hybridRubus × neglectus

Rubus inopertus
speciesRubus inopertus

Wax Leaf Raspberry
speciesRubus glaucifolius

Peltati
sectionPeltati

Rubus tsangii
speciesRubus tsangii

Afro-montani
sectionAfro-montani

Rubus pringlei
speciesRubus pringlei
Alpestres
subsectionAlpestres

Rubus subornatus
speciesRubus subornatus

Rubus glabricarpus
speciesRubus glabricarpus

Three-Leaf Raspberry
speciesRubus pedunculosus

Rubus amabilis
speciesRubus amabilis

Rubus komarovii
speciesRubus komarovii

dark raspberry
speciesRubus nigerrimus

Rubus eriocarpus
speciesRubus eriocarpus
Rubus thibetanus
speciesRubus thibetanus
Rubus stans
speciesRubus stans

Rubus subcordatus
speciesRubus subcordatus
Rubus lasiostylus
speciesRubus lasiostylus

Rubus pileatus
speciesRubus pileatus

Rubus flosculosus
speciesRubus flosculosus
Rubus adenophorus
speciesRubus adenophorus

Rubus aurantiacus
speciesRubus aurantiacus
Ikenoenses
sectionIkenoenses
Rubus idaeopsis
speciesRubus idaeopsis

Rubus stimulans
speciesRubus stimulans
Rubus impressinervus
speciesRubus impressinervus

Rubus spinulosoides
speciesRubus spinulosoides

Rubus × nakaii
hybridRubus × nakaii
Rubus eustephanos
speciesRubus eustephanos
Rubus chiliadenus
speciesRubus chiliadenus
Rubus macvaughianus
speciesRubus macvaughianus
Nishimurani
sectionNishimurani
Rubus zhaogoshanensis
speciesRubus zhaogoshanensis
Rubus quinquefoliolatus
speciesRubus quinquefoliolatus
Rubus eucalyptus
speciesRubus eucalyptus
Rubus gyamdaensis
speciesRubus gyamdaensis
Pileati
subsectionPileati
Wushanenses
subsectionWushanenses
Rubus lanyuensis
speciesRubus lanyuensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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