Rubus mesogaeusFocke

WFO wfo-0001015796 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 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 mesogaeus, photographed by Tatsutomo Chin
fig. a Tatsutomo Chin, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-06-01 / obs. 40597056
Rubus mesogaeus, photographed by Jerome Ko
fig. b Jerome Ko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39185056
Rubus mesogaeus, photographed by harum.koh
fig. c harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 1031378
Rubus mesogaeus, photographed by harum.koh
fig. d harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 1031384
Rubus mesogaeus, photographed by Tatsutomo Chin
fig. e Tatsutomo Chin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 40597077

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Rubus mesogaeus is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Kuril Is., Sakhalin, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastJapanSakhalinTaiwanTibetAssamEast HimalayaNepal
Native distribution of Rubus mesogaeus, 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
Japan JAP
Kuril Is. KUR
Sakhalin SAK
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
East Himalaya EHM
Nepal NEP

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 19 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 eous Focke
  • Rubus euleucus Focke
  • Rubus gracilis var. microcarpus (Hook.f.) H.O.Saxena
  • Rubus hypargyrus var. niveus H.Hara
  • Rubus idaeus var. exsuccus Franch. & Sav.
  • Rubus illudens H.Lév.
  • Rubus kinashii H.Lév. & Vaniot
  • Rubus kinashii f. macrophyllus Cardot
  • Rubus kinashii f. microphyllus Cardot
  • Rubus mesogaeus f. floribusroseis Focke
  • Rubus mesogaeus f. oxycomus (Focke) Naruh.
  • Rubus mesogaeus f. roseus Koji Ito
  • Rubus mesogaeus var. adenothrix Momiy. ex Hatus.
  • Rubus mesogaeus var. incisus Cardot
  • Rubus niveus Wall. ex G.Don
  • Rubus niveus var. microcarpus Hook.f.
  • Rubus occidentalis H.Lév.
  • Rubus occidentalis var. exsuccus (Franch. & Sav.) Makino
  • Rubus rarissimus Hayata

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.

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