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Taxon: Rubus armeniacus Focke

Genus: Rubus subgenus: Rubus section: Rubus
Family: Rosaceae subfamily: Rosoideae tribe: Rubeae.
Nomen number: 32263
Place of publication: Abh. Naturwiss. Vereins Bremen 4:183. 1874
Comment: this name applies to the widely cultivated and naturalized (and Caucasus native?) Himalaya-berry, when treated as a species distinct from the European R. praecox (syn. R. procerus)
Name verified on: 09-May-2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Jun-2009
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Corvallis (COR).
Accessions: 19 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • only available ) NPGS core subset accessions for the crop ‘RUBUS’ ) or .
  • Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
OR(as Rubus discolor)*, OR(except fruit for consumption)*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • Himalaya blackberry   (Source: F Eur [as R. discolor]) – English
  • Himalaya giant blackberry   (Source: Bramb Brit [as R. procerus]) – English
  • Himalaya-berry   (Source: Websters Dict [as R. procerus]) – English
  • Himalaya-Brombeere   (Source: Zander ed17 [as R. procerus]) – German
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Caucasus: Armenia [possibly native]

      Naturalized:
  • widely naturalized in temperate regions

References:

  • Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand. (F NZeal)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk) [= R. discolor Weihe & Nees].
  • Edees, E. S. & A. Newton. 1988. Brambles of the British Isles. (Bramb Brit)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14) [accepts].
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17) [= R. procerus].
  • Evans, K. J. & H. E. Weber. 2003. Rubus anglocandicans (Rosaceae) is the most widespread taxon of European blackberry in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 16:527–537.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Newton, A. 1977. A review of Rubus section Discolores in Britain. Watsonia 11:245.
  • Pedersen, A. 1980. Rosaceernes udbredelse i Danmark. II. Subgenus Rubus sect. Rubus, sect. Corylifolii og sect. Caesii. Bot. Tidsskr. 75:6. [accepts].
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur) [= R. discolor Weihe & Nees].
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
  • Weber, H. E. 1972. Die Gattung Rubus L. (Rosaceae) im nordwestlichen Europa. Phanerog. Monogr. 7:230. [accepts].
  • Weber, H. E. 1987. Beiträge zu einer Revision der Gattung Rubus L. in der Schweiz. Bot. Helv. 97:124. [accepts].
  • Weber, H. E. 1995. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966- (IllF MEur) 4(2a,3):373. [accepts].
  • Wittig, R. & H. E. Weber. 1978. Die Verbreitung der Brombeeren (Gattung Rubus L., Rosaceae) in der Westfälischen Bucht. Decheniana 131:95. [accepts].
  • Zieliński, J. 1978. New data on the taxonomy and distribution of species of the genus Rubus L. in Iran. Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 24:427.
  • Zieliński, J. 1991. Rubus laciniatus i R. armeniacus (Rosaceae) we florze Polski. Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 35:217–224. [accepts].
  • Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict) [= R. procerus].
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Check other databases for Rubus armeniacus Focke:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?32263 (09 February 2010)

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