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Species
Rubus niveus var. micranthus (D. Don) H. Hara
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Native to India and Malaysia; now a widespread naturalised species in East and southern Africa.
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Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia and China; in India temperate Himalayas and South India
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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"Maharashtra: Satara Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Mysore Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kottayam, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar"
Rubus niveus is native to Southeast Asia. It is found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam. It has become established in several Latin American directions including: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Bolivia and Ecuador. It has also become established in Tanzania, Haiti and the United States (Florida and Hawaii).
This information was accessed through Tropicos and Discover Life.
Rubus niveus has become one of the most widespread invasive plants in the Galapagos Islands. It has the potential to severaly threaten the ecological stability of the native plant communities. For more information see attached pdf (Renteria et al., 2012).
Larval lepidopteran herbivores collected in Napo Province, Ecuador (Yanayacu Forest, Baeza, Guacamayos, Las Palmas, Rio Aliso, Rio Cosanga).
Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan [Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Kashmir, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam].
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Shrubs 1–2.5 m tall. Branchlets purple or green, tomentose when young, soon glabrous, with whitish bloom, with sparse prickles. Leaves imparipinnate, (5–)7–9(–11)-foliolate; petiole 1.5–4 cm, petiolule of terminal leaflet 0.5–1.5 cm, lateral leaflets subsessile, petiolule and rachis tomentose, with sparse, curved minute prickles; stipules linear-lanceolate, 5–8 mm, soft hairy; blade of leaflets elliptic, ovate-elliptic, or rhombic-elliptic, terminal leaflet ovate to elliptic, slightly longer than lateral leaflets, 2.5–6(–8) × 1–3(–4) cm, abaxially gray tomentose, adaxially soft hairy along veins or glabrate, base cuneate to rounded, margin coarsely serrate or doubly serrate, sometimes terminal leaflet 3-lobed, apex acute, rarely obtuse, terminal leaflet sometimes acuminate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, corymbs, rarely short thyrses, 4–6 cm; rachis and pedicels tomentose; bracts lanceolate or linear, pubescent. Pedicel 5–10 mm. Flowers to 1 cm in diam. Calyx abaxially densely tomentose, with intermixed soft hairs; sepals erect, triangular-ovate or triangular-lanceolate, 5–8 × 2–3 mm, apex acute or abruptly pointed, rarely shortly acuminate. Petals red, suborbicular, 3–5 mm in diam, shorter than sepals, base shortly clawed. Stamens many, nearly as long as petals; filaments broadened basally. Pistils ca. 55–70, nearly as long as stamens; ovary gray tomentose; styles purplish red, base densely gray tomentose. Aggregate fruit dark red when immature, black at maturity, semiglobose, 0.8–1.2 cm in diam., densely gray tomentose; pyrenes shallowly rugose. Fl. May–Jul, fr. Aug–Sep. 2n = 14*.
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"Branches glaucous; prickles few, 6 mm long. Leaflets to 5 x 3 cm, elliptic, acute at either ends, subsessile, spinous-serrate, white-tomentose beneath, glabrous above; nerves 7 pairs. Racemes 2-3 together, axillary. Flowers pink, 6-8 mm across; bracts 4 mm long, lanceolate, entire; pedicels 1 cm long, slender, villous; sepals 6 mm long, lanceolate, united at base; petals 3 x 2 mm, obovate; ovaries densely pubescent. Drupe 2 x 1 mm, ovoid, acute, subglabrous"
Habit: Shrub
Rubus bonatii H. Léveillé; R. boudieri H. Léveillé; R. distans D. Don; R. foliolosus D. Don; R. incanus Sasaki ex Y. C. Liu & Yang; R. lasiocarpus Smith; R. lasiocarpus var. ectenothyrsus Cardot; R. lasiocarpus var. micranthus (D. Don) J. D. Hooker; R. longistylus H. Léveillé; R. mairei H. Léveillé; R. micranthus D. Don; R. mysorensis F. Heyne; R. niveus var. micranthus (D. Don) H. Hara; R. pinnatus D. Don; R. pyi H. Léveillé; R. tongchouanensis H. Léveillé.
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