Rubus
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 Rubus fruticosus
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Rubus is a genus of plant in the Family Rosaceae, Subfamily Rosoideae. These plants have prickles like roses and are often called brambles; this name is most often used for the blackberry and similar fruits that are also of rambling habit, and not used for those like the raspberry that grow as upright canes. Their fruit, called bramble fruit, is an aggregate of drupelets.
- Rubus idaeus, the Raspberry
- Rubus occidentalis, Black raspberry
- Rubus fruticosus agg., the Blackberry
- Rubus chamaemorus, the Cloudberry
- Rubus loganobaccus, the Loganberry
- Rubus phoenicolasius, the Wineberry
- Rubus spectabilis, the Salmonberry
- Rubus caesius, the Dewberry
- Rubus parviflorus, Thimbleberry
- Rubus arcticus Arctic raspberry
- Rubus odoratus Flowering raspberry
- Rubus leucodermis (Whitebark raspberry or Western Raspberry)
- and many more
[edit] Scientific classification
The genus Rubus is a very complex one, containing 13 subgenera, the largest of which, subgenus Rubus, is further subdivided into 12 sections:
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[edit] See also
List of Lepidoptera which feed on Rubus
[edit] External links
- Phylogeny of Rubus
- Also a real-time operating system (RTOS) developed by Arcticus Systems
