Focke, W.O. (1917), Annuaire de Conservatoire & du Jardin Botaniques de Geneve 20: 106 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland: declevit ad Kamerunga prope Cairns (Warburg n. 18628 in herb. berol."

Bean, A.R. (16 December 1997), A revision of Rubus subg. Malachobatus (Focke) Focke and Rubus subg. Diemenicus A.R.Bean (Rosaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 5(1): 44 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rubus moluccanus L. var. moluccanus legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Rubus capricorni Focke orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Rubus moluccanus L. var. moluccanus legitimate

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