Rubus

Keys available at Flora of Nepal- Online account

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Rubus acuminatus Sm. (Himalaya (Kumaun to Bhutan), Assam, Indo-China, W. China as per Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal)

Rubus biflorus Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. (Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan), Tibet, W. China as per Checklist of Nepal)

Rubus lineatus Reinw. (Nepal to S. Central China and W. & S. Malesia: Assam, Borneo, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO)

Rubus macilentus Jacquem. ex Cambess. (China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Bhutan, N-India, Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Pakistan (Swat, Hazara, Murree), Nepal, Sikkim, Laos as per Catalogue of Life)

(China (Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Tibet, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan), Pakistan (Kurram, Dir, Chitral, Swat, Hazara, Murree), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Baltistan), Bhutan, Sikkim, India, Indonesia, Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Costa Rica (I), South Africa (I), Swaziland (I), Dominican Republic (I), Cuba (I), Nicaragua (I), Ecuador (I), Guatemala (I), Honduras (I), El Salvador (I), Panama (I), Bolivia (I), trop. Africa (I), peninsular Malaysia (I) (Fraser’s Hill (I), Pahan (I)), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I) (Waimea Canyon (I)), East Maui (I) (Kula (I)), Hawaii Isl. (I) (Volcano transfer dump (I), N Kona (I), and western part) (I)), Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Mandalay), USA (I) (Florida (I)), Zambia (I), Zimbabwe (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I) as per Catalogue of Life)

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Three New Recorded species of Rubus L. (Rosaceae) from India by M. Bhaumik- Taiwania, 58(3): 199‒204, 2013 (pdf):
ABSTRACT: Rubus cooperi D.G. Long, Rubus polyodontus Hand.-Mazz., Rubus quinquefoliolatus T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu, are reported first  time from India. Rubus cooperi is characterized by the palmate stipules with lacinate margins. Rubus polyodontus shows some morphological closeness with other prostrate species of sect. Chamaebatus Focke, viz. R. calycinus Wall.ex D. Don, R. pectinaris Focke and R. pectinellus Maxim., but differs in having pink petals and acute to obtuse leaf apex. Rubus quinquefoliolatus can be easily recognized by its subsessile leaflets, hairs along veins on both surfaces and solitary terminal flowers which are always emarged from new shoots.

FRLHT Indian Medicinal Plants Nomenclature Database with images/ herbarium, distribution, local names etc. :

Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 27.7.14:

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I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Rubus (Pl. click).

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful.

Any comments/ corrections are welcome.

You may contact Dr. S. S. Dash, Publication Officer, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata who is at present working on a taxonomic revision of the genus Rubus under the Flora of India Project.

Pl. go through‎ Rubus‎‎ ‎(‎Rosaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia.

I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identifications in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice.