Rubus

See also: rubus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin rubus (“bramble, blackberry bush”).

Proper noun

Rubus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – brambles, including raspberry and blackberry.
   • 2012 July 19, “Rubus Diversity and Obscurity…Batology!”, in The Fruit Nut‎^[1] (in English):

     There seems to be a term for just about everything… it turns out there’s even a term for the scientific study of members of the Rubus genus— batology. No, not the study of bats. In exploring batology you’ll find that the most commonly cultivated brambles come from a complex lineage…

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rosaceae – family; Rosoideae – subfamily; Rubeae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Rubus subg. Anoplobatus, Rubus subg. Chamaebatus, Rubus subg. Chamaemorus, Rubus subg. Comaropsis, Rubus subg. Cyclactis, Rubus subg. Diemenicus, Rubus subg. Dalibardastrum, Rubus subg. Idaeobatus, Rubus subg. Lampobatus, Rubus subg. Malachobatus, Rubus subg. Micranthobatus, Rubus subg. Orobatus, Rubus subg. Rubus – subgenera
  • Rubus fruticosus (blackberry) – type species; Rubus chamaemorus (cloudberry), Rubus idaeus (red raspberry), Rubus caesius (European dewberry), Rubus aboriginum (garden dewberry), Rubus allegheniensis (Allegheny blackberry), Rubus arcticus (Arctic raspberry), Rubus argutus (sawtooth blackberry), Rubus armeniacus (Himalayan blackberry), Rubus canadensis (smooth blackberry), Rubus cockburnianus (white-stemmed bramble), Rubus coreanus (Kprean black raspberry, bokbunja), Rubus crataegifolius (Korean raspberry), Rubus deliciosus, Rubus domingensis, Rubus ellipticus (yellow Himalayan raspberry), Rubus flagellaris (northern dewberry), Rubus fraxinifolius (mountain raspberry), Rubus glaucus (Andes berry), Rubus hawaiensis (Hawaii blackberry, Hawaiian raspberry), Rubus hayata-koidzumii, Rubus hispidus (swamp dewberry), Rubus illecebrosus (strawberry raspberry), Rubus laciniatus (cut-leaved blackberry), Rubus leucodermis (whitebark raspberry), Rubus moluccanus, Rubus nepalensis, Rubus nivalis (snow raspberry), Rubus niveus (Myspre raspberry, hill raspberry, snowpeaks raspberry), Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry), Rubus odoratus (purple-flowered raspberry), Rubus parviflorus (thimbleberry), Rubus pedatus (five-leaved bramble, strawberry-leaf raspberry, creeping raspberry), Rubus pensilvanicus (Pennsylvania blackberry), Rubus phoenicolasius (wineberry), Rubus probus (Queensland raspberry), Rubus pubescens (dwarf raspberry), Rubus rosifolius (rose-leaf bramble), Rubus saxatilis (stone bramble), Rubus spectabilis (salmonberry), Rubus tricolor, Rubus trivialis (Southern dewberry), Rubus ulmifolius (elm-leaved blackberry), Rubus ursinus (trailing blackberry), Rubus vestitus (European blackberry) – selected other species

References

• Rubus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rubus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Rubus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons