Rubus niveusThunb.

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WFO wfo-0000995169 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rubus niveus, photographed by William G. Borges
fig. a William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-30 / obs. 147603251
Rubus niveus, photographed by Ramnarayan K
fig. b Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146602328
Rubus niveus, photographed by Ramnarayan K
fig. c Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144136098
Rubus niveus, photographed by Kai Squires
fig. d Kai Squires, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135573540
Rubus niveus, photographed by John Abrams
fig. e John Abrams, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 129813888
Rubus niveus, photographed by Ramnarayan K
fig. f Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125294792
Rubus niveus, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. g Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 123236176
Rubus niveus, photographed by Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández
fig. h Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126170691

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Rubus niveus is native: Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya AfghanistanChina North-CentralChina South-CentralTaiwanTibetAssamEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosMyanmarNepalPakistanSri LankaThailandVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Rubus niveus, 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
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
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 44 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.

  • Dyctisperma lasiocarpus (Sm.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Rubus albescens Roxb.
  • Rubus bijugus Focke
  • Rubus bonatii H.Lév.
  • Rubus distans D.Don
  • Rubus donianus Spreng.
  • Rubus foliolosus var. incanus (Sasaki ex T.S.Liu & T.Y.Yang) S.S.Ying
  • Rubus foliolosus var. racemosus (Hook.f.) B.D.Naithani
  • Rubus furfuraceus Wall.
  • Rubus godongensis Y.Gu & W.L.Li
  • Rubus gracilis var. falconeri (Hook.f.) H.O.Saxena
  • Rubus gracilis var. racemosus (Hook.f.) H.O.Saxena
  • Rubus horsfieldii Miq.
  • Rubus incanus Sasaki ex T.S.Liu & T.Y.Yang
  • Rubus indicus B.Heyne ex Wall.
  • Rubus ischelus Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.
  • Rubus lasiocarpus Sm.
  • Rubus lasiocarpus var. ectenothyrsus Cardot
  • Rubus lasiocarpus var. furfuraceus Hook.f.
  • Rubus lasiocarpus var. membranaceus Hook.f.
  • Rubus lasiocarpus var. micranthus (D.Don) Hook.f.
  • Rubus lasiocarpus var. normalis Kuntze
  • Rubus lasiocarpus var. pauciflorus (Wall. ex Lindl.) Hook.f.
  • Rubus lasiocarpus var. sericeus Hook.f.

and 20 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. 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.

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.