Rubus rugosus

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Family Rosaceae

Taxonomy: Rubus rugosus Sm.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Rubus rugosus subsp. thwaitesii Focke (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Rubus hillii F.Muell. (misapplied)
Rubus moluccanus L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (doubtfully naturalised), SA (formerly naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (formerly naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (10), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 43 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): compound_fruit_other (1); drupe (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 127.5 mm (80-190 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 125 mm (70-210 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 12 cm (12-12 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): widely_ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); shrub (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RBGV_2023	12	14	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	8	10	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_1	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.