Rubus lambertianusSer.

WFO wfo-0001002296 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Rubus lambertianus, photographed by 葉子
fig. a 葉子, CC0 1.0 / 2021-04-08 / obs. 123774434
Rubus lambertianus, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. b Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 22126492
Rubus lambertianus, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. c 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64686700
Rubus lambertianus, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64686696
Rubus lambertianus, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64693158
Rubus lambertianus, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64693148
Rubus lambertianus, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64693150
Rubus lambertianus, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. h Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33538307

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Rubus lambertianus is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanMyanmarThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Rubus lambertianus, 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
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Taiwan TAI
Myanmar MYA ASIA-TROPICAL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE

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 25 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 adenothyrsus Cardot
  • Rubus ampelinus Focke ex Diels
  • Rubus ampelinus Focke
  • Rubus davidianus Kuntze
  • Rubus gelatinosus Sasaki
  • Rubus hakonensis var. davidianus (Kuntze) Franch.
  • Rubus hunanensis Hand.-Mazz.
  • Rubus lambertianus var. genuinus Cardot
  • Rubus lambertianus var. mekongensis Hand.-Mazz.
  • Rubus lambertianus var. minimiflorus (H.Lév.) Cardot
  • Rubus lambertianus var. morii (Hayata) S.S.Ying
  • Rubus lecomtei Cardot
  • Rubus minimiflorus H.Lév.
  • Rubus moluccanus var. davidianus (Kuntze) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. lambertianus (Ser.) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. ochlanthus (Hance) Kuntze
  • Rubus moluccanus var. pycnanthus (Focke) Kuntze
  • Rubus morii Hayata
  • Rubus morii var. urophyllus (Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu) S.C.Liu ex F.Y.Lu, C.H.Ou, Y.T.Chen, Y.S.Chi & K.C.Lu
  • Rubus ochlanthus Hance
  • Rubus paykouangensis H.Lév.
  • Rubus pycnanthus Focke
  • Rubus tiponensis Hosok.
  • Rubus urophyllus Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu

and 1 more.

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. 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.