Lindley, J. (1829), A Synopsis of the British Flora Edn. 1: 94 [tax. nov.]

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: 215-218, Figs 18, 19 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: K.J.Evans et al., Aust. Syst. Bot. 20: 216-218 (2007) record the presence of two informal forms of this species in Australia.
• APC Dist.: 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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