Rubus chamaemorus

Rubus chamaemorus
Ripe cloudberry
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Subgenus: Rubus subg. Chamaemorus
Species:
R. chamaemorus
Binomial name
Rubus chamaemorus
L. 1753 not Fisch. ex Ser. 1825
Distribution of Rubus chamaemorus
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Chamaemorus anglica Clus. ex Greene
  • Chamaemorus anglicus Greene
  • Chamaemorus chamaemorus (L.) House
  • Chamaemorus norvegicus Greene
  • Chamaemorus norwegica Clus. ex Greene
  • Rubus chamaemorus var. pseudochamaemorus (Tolm.) Hulten
  • Rubus nubis Gray
  • Rubus pseudochamaemorus Tolm.
  • Rubus yessoicus Kuntze

Rubus chamaemorus is a species of flowering plant in the rose family. Its English common names include cloudberry,[2] Nordic berry, bakeapple (in Newfoundland and Labrador), knotberry and knoutberry (in England), aqpik or low-bush salmonberry (in Alaska – not to be confused with salmonberry, Rubus spectabilis),[3] averin or evron (in Scotland),[4][5] and chicoutai amongst English speakers in Quebec.

A herbaceous perennial, it produces amber-colored, edible fruit similar to the blackberry. It is native to cool temperate regions, alpine and Arctic tundra, and boreal forest.

  1. ^ Maiz-Tome, L. (2016). "Rubus chamaemorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T64323876A67730717. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64323876A67730717.en. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ^ University of Alaska @ Fairbanks, Cooperative Extension Service, Cloudberrries
  4. ^ "Cloudberry". FooDB. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  5. ^ Rapp, Kåre. "About the Cloudberry". Joint Global Ocean Flux Study. Retrieved 23 October 2022.