Newton, A. (1977), A review of Rubus section Discolores P. J. Muell. in Britain. Watsonia 11: 243, Fig. 3 (map) [tax. nov.]

• Type: Frilford Heath, v.c. 22, 21/8/1895, W. M. Rogers, as R. thyrsoideus sp. coll., Set of British Rubi no. 116 (MANCH) Isotypi in BM, CGE, OXF)

Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Rubus fruticosus L. legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Rosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 233

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

pro parte misapplication: Rubus ulmifolius hybrids [n/a] by Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 534 pro parte misapplication: Rubus ulmifolius Schott legitimate by Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 535 pro parte misapplication: Rubus fruticosus L. legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (September 1993), Rosaceae. A list of the vascular plants of South Australia Edn. 4: 36 pro parte misapplication: Rubus ulmifolius Schott legitimate by Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 574-575, Fig. 117n misapplication: Rubus procerus P.J.Mull. ex Boulay legitimate by Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 167 misapplication: Rubus procerus P.J.Mull. ex Boulay legitimate by Amor, R.L. & Miles, B.A. (5 July 1975), Taxonomy and distribution of Rubus fruticosus L. Agg. (Rosaceae) naturalized in Victoria. Muelleria 3(1): 54-56 misapplication: Rubus fruticosus L. legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Rosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 233 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 83 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 447 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Rosaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 210 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 535 misapplication: Rubus chloocladus W.C.R.Watson legitimate by Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 534 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (September 1993), Rosaceae. A list of the vascular plants of South Australia Edn. 4: 36 misapplication: Rubus fruticosus L. legitimate by Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 161-162 misapplication: Rubus ulmifolius hybrids [n/a] by Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Flora of Victoria 3: 574 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 574, Fig. 117l misapplication: Rubus chloocladus W.C.R.Watson legitimate by Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 574, Fig. 117m misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Forster, P.I. & Halford, D.A. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Rubiaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 173

• APC Comment: G.J.Harden & A.N.Rodd in G.J.Harden (ed), Fl. New S. Wales 1: 534 (1990) record Rubus vulgaris Weihe & Nees as having been misapplied to (unspecified) introduced Rubus taxa in NSW. K.J.Evans et al., Aust. Syst. Bot. 20: 213 (2007) treat this as a misapplication against R. anglocandicans.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (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: 213-215, Figs 14, 15 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Rubus ulmifolius Schott legitimate by Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 535 pro parte misapplication: Rubus chloocladus W.C.R.Watson legitimate by Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 534 pro parte misapplication: Rubus ulmifolius Schott legitimate by Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 574-575, Fig. 117n pro parte misapplication: Rubus chloocladus W.C.R.Watson legitimate by Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 574, Fig. 117m misapplication: Rubus procerus P.J.Mull. ex Boulay legitimate by Amor, R.L. & Miles, B.A. (5 July 1975), Taxonomy and distribution of Rubus fruticosus L. Agg. (Rosaceae) naturalized in Victoria. Muelleria 3(1): 54-56 misapplication: Rubus fruticosus L. legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Rosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 233 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 447 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Rosaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 210 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 535 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 574, Fig. 117l

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 83 pro parte misapplication: Rubus ulmifolius Schott legitimate by Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 535 pro parte misapplication: Rubus chloocladus W.C.R.Watson legitimate by Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 534 pro parte misapplication: Rubus fruticosus L. legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (September 1993), Rosaceae. A list of the vascular plants of South Australia Edn. 4: 36 pro parte misapplication: Rubus ulmifolius Schott legitimate by Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 574-575, Fig. 117n pro parte misapplication: Rubus chloocladus W.C.R.Watson legitimate by Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 574, Fig. 117m pro parte misapplication: Rubus ulmifolius hybrids [n/a] by Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 535 misapplication: Rubus procerus P.J.Mull. ex Boulay legitimate by Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 167 misapplication: Rubus procerus P.J.Mull. ex Boulay legitimate by Amor, R.L. & Miles, B.A. (5 July 1975), Taxonomy and distribution of Rubus fruticosus L. Agg. (Rosaceae) naturalized in Victoria. Muelleria 3(1): 54-56 misapplication: Rubus fruticosus L. legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Rosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 233 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 447 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Rosaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 210 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 535 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (September 1993), Rosaceae. A list of the vascular plants of South Australia Edn. 4: 36 misapplication: Rubus fruticosus L. legitimate by Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 161-162 misapplication: Rubus procerus P.J.Mull. ex Genev. isonym by Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 574 misapplication: Rubus ulmifolius hybrids [n/a] by Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Flora of Victoria 3: 574 misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 574, Fig. 117l misapplication: Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees legitimate by Forster, P.I. & Halford, D.A. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Rubiaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 173

• APC Comment: G.J.Harden & A.N.Rodd in G.J.Harden (ed), Fl. New S. Wales 1: 534 (1990) record Rubus vulgaris Weihe & Nees as having been misapplied to (unspecified) introduced Rubus taxa in NSW. K.J.Evans et al., Aust. Syst. Bot. 20: 213 (2007) treat this as a misapplication against R. anglocandicans.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 71 [secondary reference]

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