Rubus rosifolius Smith: a new record of an alien species in the flora of Ecuador

Rediscovery of Rubus pendulus Rusby (Rosaceae) and a new record for the flora of Ecuador and Peru

“…or were unidentified. However, R. pendulus vegetative and reproductive characters differ greatly from those of the species reported for Colombia, Ecuador and Peru ( Macbride 1938 ; Romoleroux 1996 ; Bernal et al 2020 ; Moreno-Medina et al 2020 ; Espinel-Ortiz and Romoleroux 2020 , 2021 ). Here, we provide information to support Rubus pendulus as a valid species, its differences from other Rubus species and a brief explanation of the type status of R. mollifrons and R. porphyromallos .…”

“…Despite the cosmopolitan distribution of the genus, it is more abundant in Asia, where at least 208 species (139 endemic) were reported in China alone ( Lingdi and Boufford 2003 ). South America contains a low Rubus diversity with fewer than 60 species classified in the native subgenus Rubus L., and the introduced subgenera Batothamnus (Focke) E.H.L.Krause and Idaeobatus Focke ( Macbride 1938 ; Romoleroux 1996 ; Forzza et al 2010 ; Romoleroux et al 2014 ; Bernal et al 2020 ; Espinel-Ortiz and Romoleroux 2020 , 2021 ; Moreno-Medina et al 2020 ; Huang et al 2023 ). Thus, more focalized taxonomic studies will help to uncover more species of Rubus in the Neotropics.…”

Two new species of Rubus L. (Rosaceae) from the western Andes of Ecuador

“…Recently, Carter et al (2019) suggested that the genus originated in North America, and migrated repeatedly to the other continents, thus explaining that these events may have favoured the high diversity of this genus in Asia, Europe and the world. In South America, only four subgenera with fewer than 50 species have been reported, mostly throughout the Andes ( Romoleroux 1996 ; Romoleroux et al 2014 ; Espinel-Ortiz and Romoleroux 2020 ).…”

“…However, it is most abundant from 2300 to 3500 m a.s.l., especially in disturbed areas, in hedges, clearings and on margins of cloud forests, and in “páramo” regions ( Espinel-Ortiz and Romoleroux 2020 ). Here, 22 species of Rubus have been recorded and classified in three subgenera: Idaeobatus (Focke) Focke, Orobatus Focke and Rubus L. The introduced subgenus Idaeobatus comprises 3 species, while the native subgenus Rubus consists of 10 native species, and Andean endemic subgenus Orobatus entails 7 native and 2 endemic species in the country ( Romoleroux 1996 ; Espinel-Ortiz and Romoleroux 2020 ). The species described here belong to the subgenus Rubus , and both are distributed on the western Andean slopes of northern Ecuador.…”

Rosaceae Rubus Rosifolius Smith: Nutritional, Bioactive And Antioxidant Potential Of Unconventional Fruits

“…The species Rubus rosaefolius originates from the Himalayas, Western Asia and Australia, belonging to the raspberry and blackberry group. A new record of Rubus (Rosaceae) for Ecuador is described [4]. Rosaceae Rubus rosifolius Smith, popularly known also as blackberry and redberry, is a shrub plant present in several continents and in the Brazilian territory, mainly in the south and southeast region.…”