Rubus alceifoliusPoir.

Giant Bramble

WFO wfo-0001018060 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rubus alceifolius, photographed by Jane C Frost
fig. a Jane C Frost, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-14 / obs. 188602626
Rubus alceifolius, photographed by Pieter Huybrechts
fig. b Pieter Huybrechts, CC0 1.0 / obs. 51220673
Rubus alceifolius, photographed by Pieter Huybrechts
fig. c Pieter Huybrechts, CC0 1.0 / obs. 51029207
Rubus alceifolius, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65713609
Rubus alceifolius, photographed by garywwilson
fig. e garywwilson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119769038
Rubus alceifolius, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. f Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194230498
Rubus alceifolius, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. g Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 142526732
Rubus alceifolius, photographed by 何小花
fig. h 何小花, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 69603448

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Rubus alceifolius is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Rubus alceifolius, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 16 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cumbata alcefolia (Poir.) Raf.
  • Rubus alcaefolius Poir.
  • Rubus alceifolius var. diversilobatus (Merr. & Chun) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu
  • Rubus alceifolius var. emigratus Focke
  • Rubus bullatifolius Merr.
  • Rubus fimbriferus var. diversilobatus Merr. & Chun
  • Rubus fimbriifer Focke
  • Rubus fimbriifer var. diversilobatus Merr. & Chun
  • Rubus fimbriiferus Focke
  • Rubus gilvus Focke
  • Rubus hainanensis Focke
  • Rubus moluccanus var. alceifolius (Poir.) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. roridus (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Rubus monguillonii H.Lév. & Vaniot
  • Rubus multibracteatus var. demangei H.Lév.
  • Rubus roridus Lindl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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