Rubus reflexusKer Gawl.

WFO wfo-0001015876 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rubus reflexus, photographed by portioid
fig. a portioid, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-14 / obs. 136226452
Rubus reflexus, photographed by David Addis
fig. b David Addis, CC0 1.0 / obs. 133978135
Rubus reflexus, photographed by Yj
fig. c Yj, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76486085
Rubus reflexus, photographed by portioid
fig. d portioid, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 52866246
Rubus reflexus, photographed by portioid
fig. e portioid, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 37368970
Rubus reflexus, photographed by portioid
fig. f portioid, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27045245
Rubus reflexus, photographed by portioid
fig. g portioid, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 20015491
Rubus reflexus, photographed by portioid
fig. h portioid, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 19472759

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Rubus reflexus is native: China South-Central, China Southeast China South-CentralChina Southeast
Native distribution of Rubus reflexus, 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 South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS

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 7 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 axilliflorens Cardot
  • Rubus esquirolii H.Lév.
  • Rubus hui Diels ex Hu
  • Rubus irenaeus var. orogenes (Hand.-Mazz.) F.P.Metcalf
  • Rubus moluccanus var. reflexus (Ker Gawl.) Kuntze
  • Rubus reflexus var. hui (Diels ex Hu) F.P.Metcalf
  • Rubus reflexus var. typica F.P.Metcalf

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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