In article ,
Stewart Robert Hinsley writes:
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| In the raspberry side of Rubus (i.e. subgenus Idaeobatus). Which is how
| I originally defined raspberry, but Nick snipped that bit. There are
| several dozen species in the subgenus, many of which have raspberry as
| part of the vernacular name. (Flora of China has 88, which probably
| means over 100 worldwide.)

Sorry :-)

But, when you have a group of species that often reproduce almost
entirely vegetatively, and are moderately inter-fertile, deciding
what a species is becomes a matter of whim. CTW's remarks about
UK blackberry taxonomy are probably appropriate.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.