Taxon: Rubus hawaiensis A. Gray

Genus:

Rubus

Subgenus:

Idaeobatus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Rosoideae

Tribe:

Rubeae

Nomen number:

32334

Place of publication:

C. Wilkes, U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15:504. 1854

Link to protologue:

Name Verified on:

18-Aug-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 09-May-2006

Species priority site is:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Corvallis (COR)

Accessions:

14 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Economic Importance:

Gene sources: primary genetic relative of red raspberry (based on successful crosses with Rubus idaeus fide Pl Breed Rev 32:147. 2009)

Distributional Range:

Native

Pacific
- North-Central Pacific: United States Hawaii

References:

Hall, H. K. et al. 2009. Chapter 2. Raspberry breeding and genetics Pl. Breed. Rev. 32:39-353.
Howarth, et al. 1997. Phylogeny of Rubus subgenus Idaeobatus (Rosaceae) and its implications toward colonization of the Hawaiian Islands Syst. Bot. 22:433-441.
St. John, H. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands. 1973 (L Hawaii)
Wagner, W. L. et al. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i. 1990 (F Hawaii)

Check other web resources for Rubus hawaiensis A. Gray :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image