Bramble

Bramble Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Rubus bush with ripe and unripe blackberries
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Rosoideae
Tribe:	Rubeae
Genus:	Rubus L.[1]
Type species
Rubus fruticosus L.[2]
Synonyms[3]
List Ametron Raf. Ampomele Raf. Batidaea (Dumort.) Greene Bossekia Neck. ex Greene Calyctenium Greene Cardiobatus Greene Chamaemorus Hill Comarobatia Greene Cumbata Raf. Cylactis Raf. Dalibarda Kalm Dyctisperma Raf. Idaeobatus (Focke) Börner Manteia Raf. Melanobatus Greene Oligacis Raf. Oreobatus Rydb. Parmena Greene Psychrobatia Greene Rubacer Rydb. Selnorition Raf.

Rubus, commonly known as brambles is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, with over 1,350 species.^[3][4][5]

Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries are common. Bristleberries are endemic to North America. Most of these plants have woody stems with prickles like roses; spines, bristles. Gland-tipped hairs are also common. The term "cane fruit" or "cane berry" applies to any Rubus species or hybrid. They are commonly grown with supports such as wires or canes This includes hybrids such as loganberry, boysenberry, marionberry and tayberry.^[6] The stems of these plants are referred to as canes.

1. ↑ "Rubus". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2010-06-27.
2. ↑ "Rubus L.". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Rubus L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
4. ↑ Brouillet, Luc (2014). "Rosaceae (subfam. Rosoideae) tribe Rubeae". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 9. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
5. ↑ "the definition of bramble". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
6. ↑ Klein, Carol (2009). Grow your own fruit. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. pp. 224. ISBN 978-1-84533-434-5.