Weihe, C.E.A. & Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Bluff, M.J. & Fingerhuth, C.A. (1825), Compendium Florae Germanicae 1: Plantae phanerogamicae seu vasctilosae 1: 684 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In dumetis (Pyrmont. Paderborn. Malmedy) ... Jun.–Jul."

Amor, R.L. & Miles, B.A. (5 July 1975), Taxonomy and distribution of Rubus fruticosus L. Agg. (Rosaceae) naturalized in Victoria. Muelleria 3(1): 56-57 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 188 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 534 [secondary reference]

common name: Blackberry [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 573, Fig. 117i [secondary reference]

common name: Blackberry [n/a]

Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 534 [secondary reference]

common name: Blackberry [n/a]

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: 235-237, Figs 42, 43 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Rubus sp. (aff. R. fuscus) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Rubus aff. mucronulatus [n/a] 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 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

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), NSW (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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