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Rubus, or Bramble, [4] is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, most commonly known as brambles. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Fruits of various species are known as raspberries , blackberries , dewberries , and bristleberries .
Rubus spectabilis, the salmonberry, is a species of bramble in the rose family Rosaceae, native to the west coast of North America from west-central Alaska to California, inland as far as Idaho. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Like many other species in the genus Rubus , the salmonberry plant bears edible fruit, typically yellow-orange or red in color ...
The European dewberry, Rubus caesius, grows more upright like other brambles. Its fruits are a deep, almost black, purple and are coated with a thin layer or 'dew' of waxy droplets. Thus, they appear sky blue (caesius being Latin for pale blue). Its fruits are small and retain a markedly tart taste even when fully ripe.
According to some traditions, a blackberry's deep purple color represents Jesus's blood and the crown of thorns was made of brambles, [53] [54] although other thorny plants, such as Crataegus (hawthorn) and Euphorbia milii (crown of thorns plant), have been proposed as the material for the crown. [55] [56]
Rubus arcticus, the Arctic bramble [4] or Arctic raspberry, [5] [6] Nagoonberry, [7] or nectarberry [8] [9] is a species of slow-growing bramble belonging to the rose family, found in Arctic and alpine regions in the Northern Hemisphere. It has been used to create hybrid cultivated raspberries, the so-called nectar raspberries. [9]
Rubus ulmifolius subsp. sanctus, commonly called holy bramble, [4] is a bramble native to parts of Asia and Europe. [2] This plant is very long-lived. An instance of it can be found at the Chapel of the Burning Bush on Mount Sinai, where it is revered as the original burning bush of the Bible. This longevity and location lead to its Latin name ...
Rubus means "bramble" or "bramble-like" in ancient Latin, and in Botanical Latin, tricolor means "three-coloured". [15] Focke conferred that epithet based on the three colours of the plant: leaves green above, white below, and the red bristles of the stems and petioles.
The bramble shark (Echinorhinus brucus) is one of the two species of sharks in the family Echinorhinidae. Aside from the eastern Pacific Ocean, it is found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide. This rarely encountered shark swims close to the bottom of the seafloor, typically at depths of 400–900 m (1,300–3,000 ft), though it may ...