Focke, W.O. (1916), Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 54: 70 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Rubus haskarlii subsp. dendrocharis Focke legitimate

Kanehira, R. & Hatusima, S. (1938), Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 52: 356 [secondary reference]

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): 42 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rubus moluccanus L. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Rubus moluccanus L. legitimate

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