Rubus polonicusWeston

WFO wfo-0001330896 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rubus polonicus, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. a Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-26 / obs. 163743384
Rubus polonicus, photographed by Николай Соболев
fig. b Николай Соболев, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 130140885
Rubus polonicus, photographed by Maxim Shashkov
fig. c Maxim Shashkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 82921701
Rubus polonicus, photographed by Maxim Shashkov
fig. d Maxim Shashkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87138006
Rubus polonicus, photographed by Maxim Shashkov
fig. e Maxim Shashkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 82043261
Rubus polonicus, photographed by Maxim Shashkov
fig. f Maxim Shashkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 82043082
Rubus polonicus, photographed by Maxim Shashkov
fig. g Maxim Shashkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 82043568
Rubus polonicus, photographed by Maxim Shashkov
fig. h Maxim Shashkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 82043542

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Rubus polonicus is native: Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine AustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkFranceGermanyHungaryIrelandItalyNetherlandsNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Rubus polonicus, 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
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Netherlands NET
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. 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 57 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 condruzensis Aigret
  • Rubus exaltatus var. fastigiatus (Weihe & Nees) Dumort.
  • Rubus exaltatus var. nitidus (Weihe & Nees ex Lasch) Dumort.
  • Rubus fastigiatus Weihe & Nees
  • Rubus fruticosus f. nitidus (Weihe & Nees ex Lasch) Bluff & Fingerh.
  • Rubus fruticosus subsp. fastigiatus (Weihe & Nees) Schübl. & G.Martens
  • Rubus fruticosus subsp. suberectus (G.Anderson ex Hartm.) Syme
  • Rubus fruticosus unranked suberectus G.Anderson ex Hartm.
  • Rubus fruticosus var. fastigiatus (Weihe & Nees) Lasch
  • Rubus fruticosus var. nitidus Weihe & Nees ex Lasch
  • Rubus fruticosus var. suberectus (G.Anderson ex Sm.) Westerl.
  • Rubus fruticosus var. sylvaticus Sond.
  • Rubus fruticosus var. umbrosus Hegetschw.
  • Rubus heptaphyllus Opiz
  • Rubus heterocaulon Ortmann
  • Rubus microacanthus Kaltenb.
  • Rubus nessensis Hall
  • Rubus nessensis f. chloracanthus (Holzfuss) H.E.Weber
  • Rubus nessensis var. armatus (Neumann) Gust.
  • Rubus nutans Vest
  • Rubus plicatus f. fastigiatus (Weihe & Nees) Weihe
  • Rubus plicatus var. avellanifolius Köhler ex Weihe
  • Rubus plicatus var. nitidus (Weihe & Nees ex Lasch) Focke
  • Rubus pseudoidaeus P.J.Müll.

and 33 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.

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