page_title: Rubus
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: Rubus / Overview
caption_attribution_description: Prickles of Rubus ulmifolius
context_page_description: Rubus is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, with 250–700 species.
  Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries are common, widely distributed members of the genus. 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.
context_section_description: Most species are hermaphrodites, Rubus chamaemorus being an exception.
  The blackberries, as well as various other Rubus species with mounding or rambling growth habits, are often called brambles.  However, this name is not used for those like the raspberry that grow as upright canes, or for trailing or prostrate species, such as most dewberries, or various low-growing boreal, arctic, or alpine species.
  The generic name means blackberry in Latin and was derived from the word ruber, meaning "red".
  The scientific study of brambles is known as "batology".
  Examples of the hundreds of species of Rubus include:
  Rubus aboriginum – garden dewberry
  Rubus abundus
  Rubus aculifer
  Rubus adenocaulis
  Rubus adenophorus
  Rubus adenotrichos
  Rubus adjacens
  Rubus alaskensis
  Rubus allegheniensis – Allegheny blackberry
  Rubus alnifolius
  Rubus alpinus
  Rubus alter
  Rubus alumnus
  Rubus amplior
  Rubus andrewsianus
  Rubus apogaeus
  Rubus aptatus
  Rubus arcticus – Arctic raspberry
  Rubus arcuans
  Rubus arenicola
  Rubus argutus
  Rubus arizonensis – Arizona dewberry
  Rubus armeniacus – Himalayan blackberry
  Rubus arvensis
  Rubus audax
  Rubus azuayensis
  Rubus baileyanus
  Rubus bartonianus
  Rubus bellobatus
  Rubus bicknellii
  Rubus biflorus
  Rubus biformispinus
  Rubus bifrons
  Rubus bigelovianus
  Rubus blanchardianus
  Rubus boyntonii
  Rubus burnhamii
  Rubus bushii
  Rubus caesius – European dewberry
  Rubus canadensis – Canadian blackberry
  Rubus canescens
  Rubus centralis
  Rubus chamaemorus – Cloudberry
  Rubus chloocladus
  Rubus clarus
  Rubus cockburnianus
  Rubus conanicutensis
  Rubus concameratus
  Rubus corchorifolius
  Rubus coriifolius
  Rubus coronarius
  Rubus coreanus – Bokbunja
  Rubus costaricanus
  Rubus crataegifolius
  Rubus cubitans
  Rubus cuneifolius – sand blackberry
  Rubus curtipes
  Rubus cymosus
  Rubus dalibarda
  Rubus deamii
  Rubus defectionis
  Rubus deliciosus
  Rubus densissimus
  Rubus depavitus – Aberdeen dewberry
  Rubus discolor
  Rubus dissimilis
  Rubus domingensis
  Rubus durescens
  Rubus durus
  Rubus eggersii
  Rubus elegantulus
  Rubus ellipticus
  Rubus emeritus
  Rubus eriocarpus
  Rubus exeter
  Rubus exsularis
  Rubus fagifolius
  Rubus fecundus
  Rubus felix
  Rubus ferrugineus
  Rubus flagellaris – northern dewberry
  Rubus flavinanus
  Rubus floricomus
  Rubus florulentus
  Rubus fraternalis
  Rubus frondisentis
  Rubus frondosus
  Rubus fruticosus agg. – blackberry
  Rubus fryei
  Rubus furtivus
  Rubus geniculatus
  Rubus geoides – Patagonian raspberry
  Rubus glabratus
  Rubus glandicaulis
  Rubus glaucifolius – San Diego raspberry
  Rubus glaucus
  Rubus gnarus
  Rubus grimesii
  Rubus griseus
  Rubus gulosus
  Rubus hancinianus
  Rubus hanesii
  Rubus harmonicus
  Rubus hawaiensis
  Rubus hayata-koidzumii
  Rubus heterophyllus
  Rubus hirsutus
  Rubus hispidoides
  Rubus hispidus – swamp dewberry
  Rubus hochstetterorum – Azorean blackberry
  Rubus humistratus
  Rubus huttonii
  Rubus hypolasius
  Rubus ictus
  Rubus idaeus – European red raspberry
  Rubus illecebrosus
  Rubus immanis
  Rubus impar
  Rubus inclinis
  Rubus inferior
  Rubus iniens
  Rubus insons
  Rubus insulanus
  Rubus invisus – upland dewberry
  Rubus irasuensis
  Rubus ithacanus
  Rubus jacens
  Rubus jamaicensis
  Rubus junceus
  Rubus kelloggii
  Rubus kennedyanus
  Rubus laciniatus – cutleaf evergreen blackberry
  Rubus laegaardii
  Rubus lambertianus
  Rubus largus
  Rubus lasiococcus – roughfruit berry
  Rubus latens
  Rubus lawrencei
  Rubus leucodermis – whitebark raspberry or western black raspberry
  Rubus leviculus
  Rubus liebmannii
  Rubus linkianus
  Rubus longii
  Rubus macraei
  Rubus macrogongylus
  Rubus macrophyllus
  Rubus macvaughii
  Rubus maniseesensis
  Rubus meracus
  Rubus michiganensis
  Rubus mirus
  Rubus miser
  Rubus missouricus
  Rubus mollior
  Rubus moluccanus
  Rubus montensis
  Rubus multifer
  Rubus multiformis
  Rubus multispinus
  Rubus navus
  Rubus nefrens
  Rubus nelsonii
  Rubus nebulosus
  Rubus neomexicanus
  Rubus nepalensis
  Rubus nigerrimus
  Rubus nivalis
  Rubus niveus
  Rubus notatus
  Rubus novanglicus
  Rubus noveboracus
  Rubus novocaesarius
  Rubus obsessus
  Rubus obvius
  Rubus occidentalis – black raspberry
  Rubus odoratus – flowering raspberry
  Rubus oklahomus
  Rubus originalis
  Rubus ortivus
  Rubus ostryifolius
  Rubus paganus
  Rubus palmeri
  Rubus paludivagus
  Rubus par
caption: R. ulmifolius
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