Rubus odoratus
speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Rubus odoratus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility29 944 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI17 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics25 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Rubus odoratus, the purple-flowered raspberry,Clive Stace, R. van der Meijden, I. de Kort, no date. Flora of NW Europe. entry for Rubus odoratus flowering raspberry, or Virginia raspberry, is a species of Rubus, native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to Ontario and Wisconsin, and south along the Appalachian Mountains as far as Georgia and Alabama. Rubus odoratus is a shrub growing to 3 meters (10 feet) tall, with perennial, not biennial, stems (unlike many other species in the genus). Also, unlike most other related species this plant does not have thorns. The leaves are palmately lobed with five (rarely three or seven) lobes, up to 25 cm (10 inches) long and broad, superficially resembling maple leaves. The flowers are 3–5 cm (1.2–2 inches) in diameter, with five magenta or occasionally white petals; they are produced from early spring to early fall. The red edible fruit matures in late summer to early autumn, and resembles a large, flat raspberry with many drupelets, and is rather fuzzy to the touch and tongue.Wildflowers of the Southeastern United States: Rubus odoratusBioimages: Rubus odoratusFlora of North America, Rubus odoratus Linnaeus 1753
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology10
Life cycle & reproduction32
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment28
Physiology & chemistry24
Uses & economy15
Other traits8
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Rubus odoratus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Rubus odoratus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 149×GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · nw-europe-fl +3
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type29 944 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions81 of 137 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 274 |
| Philadelphia, US | 265 |
| Québec, CA | 77 |
| Burlington, US | 69 |
| Bronx, US | 67 |
| Helsinki, FI | 60 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 59 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 52 |
| Toronto, CA | 50 |
| Allentown, US | 49 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 44 |
| LDlocation not on record | 39 |
| Montréal, CA | 38 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 36 |
| New Haven, US | 35 |
| Olocation not on record | 28 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 26 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 24 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 24 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 21 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 21 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 19 |
| Philadelphia, US | 19 |
| Tartu, EE | 18 |
| Bangkok, TH | 16 |
| Staten Island, US | 16 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 15 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 14 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 14 |
| Trondheim, NO | 14 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 13 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 12 |
| College Park, US | 11 |
| Williamsburg, US | 9 |
| Hudson, US | 8 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 8 |
| Millersville, US | 8 |
| Kingston, US | 7 |
| Fort Worth, US | 7 |
| Durham, US | 7 |
| Bloomington, US | 7 |
| Saint John, CA | 7 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 6 |
| Asheville, US | 6 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 6 |
| Oulu, FI | 5 |
| Tallinn, EE | 5 |
| Denver, US | 5 |
| Stockholm, SE | 5 |
| Salzburg, AT | 5 |
| Saint Louis, US | 5 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 5 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| Kuopio, FI | 4 |
| Provo, US | 4 |
| Columbia, US | 4 |
| Görlitz, DE | 4 |
| Turku, FI | 4 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 4 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 4 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 4 |
| Davenport, US | 4 |
| Flagstaff, US | 3 |
| Chicago, US | 3 |
| Baroda, IN | 3 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| Mlocation not on record | 3 |
| Beijing, CN | 3 |
| Hamilton, US | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 3 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 3 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 3 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 3 |
| Miami, US | 3 |
| Uppsala, SE | 3 |
| Bern, CH | 3 |
| Norfolk, US | 2 |
| GAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bergen, NO | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 2 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 2 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 2 |
| nbflocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 2 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 2 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 2 |
| H-AkrKGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow, US | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 2 |
| Richmond, US | 2 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 2 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 2 |
| Wlocation not on record | 2 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Johnson City, US | 2 |
| Porvoo, FI | 2 |
| Madison, US | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| sonstHerblocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Hohlalocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Muséum Henri Lecoqlocation not on record | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Institute of Dendrologylocation not on record | 1 |
| McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universite de Montreal, L'Herbier Marie-Victorinlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Brookings, US | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Durango, MX | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Pittsburg, US | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Rubus odoratus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.