Sudre, H. (1909), Rubi europae vel monographia iconibus illustrata ruborum europae: 70 [autonym]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Rubus fruticosus L. legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 396

• APC Comment: K.J.Evans et al., Aust. Syst. Bot. 20: 235 (2007) record the presence of an informal 'small-leaved form' of this taxon in Australia.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Evans, K.J., Symon, D.E., Whalen, M.A., Hosking, J.R., Barker, R.M. & Oliver, J.A. (22 June 2007), Systematics of the Rubus fruticosus aggregate (Rosaceae) and other exotic Rubus taxa in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 20: 234-235, Fig. 40 [secondary reference]

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