Taxon: Rubus spectabilis Pursh

Common names:

• salmonberry   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Pracht-Himbeere   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  
• prunkhallon   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Krussmann; F CalifJep)
  
• Human food: fruit   (fide L Edible Pl; Krussmann)
  
• Weed   (fide Can J Pl Sci 76:187-201. 1996; Eur Gard F)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: United States - Alaska
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia [w.]
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon [w.], Washington [w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [n.w.]

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Clapham, A. R. et al. 1962. Flora of the British Isles ed. 2.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
• Hultén, O. E. G. 1968. Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
• Oleskevich, C. et al. 1996. The biology of Canadian weeds. 105. Rubus strigosus Michx., Rubus parviflorus Nutt., and Rubus spectabilis Pursh. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 76:187–201.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Weber, H. E. 1972. Die Gattung Rubus L. (Rosaceae) im nordwestlichen Europa. Phanerog. Monogr. 7:106.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Rubus spectabilis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Rubus spectabilis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Rubus spectabilis.

Check other web resources for Rubus spectabilis Pursh:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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