Rubus ellipticusSm.

yellow Himalayan raspberry

WFO wfo-0001002128 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rubus ellipticus, photographed by Tyler Bishop
fig. a Tyler Bishop, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-16 / obs. 198425193
Rubus ellipticus, photographed by Tyler Bishop
fig. b Tyler Bishop, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198418345
Rubus ellipticus, photographed by Abhinav Thakur
fig. c Abhinav Thakur, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190035798
Rubus ellipticus, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. d Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 180050075
Rubus ellipticus, photographed by kbkash
fig. e kbkash, CC0 1.0 / obs. 168474545
Rubus ellipticus, photographed by David Anderson
fig. f David Anderson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168190385
Rubus ellipticus, photographed by Ramnarayan K
fig. g Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145416361
Rubus ellipticus, photographed by Ramnarayan K
fig. h Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112126811

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Rubus ellipticus is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastTaiwanTibetAssamEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMyanmarNepalPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Rubus ellipticus, 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
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

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.

  • Rubus ellipticus f. acuminatus Franch.
  • Rubus ellipticus f. obcordatus Franch.
  • Rubus ellipticus subsp. acheniger Focke
  • Rubus ellipticus var. acutifolius Kuntze
  • Rubus ellipticus var. denudatus Hook.f.
  • Rubus ellipticus var. depilis Focke
  • Rubus ellipticus var. flavus (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kuntze
  • Rubus ellipticus var. glabrifolius Kuntze
  • Rubus ellipticus var. incisus Kuntze
  • Rubus ellipticus var. insulanus Focke
  • Rubus flavus Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Rubus gowreephul Roxb.
  • Rubus obcordatus (Franch.) Thuan
  • Rubus paniculatus Moon
  • Rubus sessilifolius Miq. ex Hook.f.
  • Rubus tereticaulis subsp. ellipticus (Kupcsok) Domin

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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