Rubus rufescensLefèvre & P.J.Müll.

WFO wfo-0001017629 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rubus rufescens, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. a Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / 2022-03-20 / obs. 189218253
Rubus rufescens, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. b Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 104149034
Rubus rufescens, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. c Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 102207934
Rubus rufescens, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. d Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 91690120
Rubus rufescens, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. e Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 91689341
Rubus rufescens, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. f Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 91764571
Rubus rufescens, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. g Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 78158958
Rubus rufescens, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. h Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 67948108

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Rubus rufescens is native: Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands BelgiumFranceGermanyIrelandNetherlands
Native distribution of Rubus rufescens, 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
Belgium BGM EUROPE
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Ireland IRE
Netherlands NET

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 6 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 hystrix subsp. rufescens (Lefèvre & P.J.Müll.) Sudre
  • Rubus infoecundus (W.M.Rogers) Focke
  • Rubus rosaceus subsp. infecundus (W.M.Rogers) W.M.Rogers
  • Rubus rosaceus var. infecundus W.M.Rogers
  • Rubus rubiginosus Lefèvre
  • Rubus scaber var. rufescens (Lefèvre & P.J.Müll.) Corb.

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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