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Rubus occidentalis L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 493 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000983387.

Synonyms of Rubus occidentalis L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Rubus idaeus var. americanus Torr. Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 196 (1828) wfo-0000991826
Rubus occidentalis subsp. eu-occidentalis Focke ; 1874 147 1874 wfo-0000991827
Melanobatus occidentalis (L.) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 243 (1906) wfo-0000991828
Rubus occidentalis var. flavobaccus Blanch. Rhodora 7: 146 (1905) wfo-0000991830
Melanobatus michiganus Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 244 (1906) wfo-0000991832
Rubus tomentosus Borkh. Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 2 (1794) wfo-0001007306
Rubus occidentalis var. pallidus L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1582 (1902) wfo-0001008495
Rubus occidentalis var. occidentalis wfo-0001131746
Rubus occidentalis var. grandiflorus Focke Bot. Gaz. 16: 3 (1891) wfo-0001396718
Rubus occidentalis var. incisus Schltdl. Linnaea 13: 271 (1839) wfo-0001412073
Rubus occidentalis subsp. euoccidentalis Focke Abh. Naturwiss. Vereins Bremen 4: 147 (1874) wfo-1200083889
Rubus occidentalis var. japonicus Miyabe Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 229 (1890) wfo-1200083890
Rubus fruticosus var. tomentosus Fiori Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 580 (1898) wfo-1200091302
Rubus occidentalis f. pallidus (L.H.Bailey) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees : 288 (1949) wfo-1200091453