Rubus fruticosus var. caesius Fiori (1898: 580) Taxonomic synopsis of the genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in Armenia Akopian, Janna Phytotaxa 2024 2024-12-16 677 2 125 143  14.  Rubus caesiusLinnaeus (1753: 493); Yuzepchuk (1941: 56); Heslop-Harrison (1968: 25); Krasovskaya (2001: 388) Lectotype(designated by Beek: 1974):— RUSSIA. Siberia, s.d., Royen Adriaan van, s.n.(LINN 653.7). ( Fig. 6 C, D)   ≡  Rubus fruticosusvar. caesius(L.)  Fiori (1898: 580).  Distribution in Armenia: in all floristic regions. In broad-leaved forests, shrubberies, alongside river banks, as a weed in gardens, along roads, on rocky screes, at an altitude of 500–2100 mabove sea level. Phenology: Flowering May–July; fruiting July–September.   FIGURE 6.Leaves and fragments of stems of  Rubus caucasicus(Ijevan, pass, Verin Agdan, forest. 11 August 1954. Mulkidzhanyan 58313, ERE)— A, B;  R. caesius(Inter monaster Achtala et Samblung, in sylva. 10 September 1925. Shelkovnikov 21315, ERE)—C, D General distribution: Caucasus, Europe, Siberia, Far East, northwest China, west Himalaya, northwest Africa, southwest Arabian Peninsula. Some variations of  R. caesiussamples, collected from different regions of Armenia, in the pubescence of the leaves from green with a small number of hairs to velvety-pubescent below, as well as in the length of sepals are observed. The leaf size of plant specimens grow in the shade increases more than twice (ERE 81227, ERE 96384).   Selectedspecimens. ARMENIA: Ashtarak district, Byurakan village, gorge,  16 July 1924,  Kara-Murza68368( ERE);  Intermonaster Achtalaet Samblung, in sylva,  10 September 1925,  Shelkovnikov21315( ERE);  Arzni, in lapidosis,  30 August 1934,  Tamamschian21317( ERE);  Meghri district, Megraget rivergorge,  1 May 1948,  Mulkidzhanyan56385( ERE);  Alaverdi region, Dzoraget, river floodplain, near the hydroelectric station, right bank, above the bridge,  25 June 1954,  Mulkidzhanyan63235 ( ERE);  Noyemberyan district, Koti-gekh× Noyemberyan, pass section,  25 June 1954,  Mulkidzhanyan63234( ERE);  Shamshadin district, Kolagir× Aygedzor, left bank of the Khndzorut river,  24 July 1958,  Mulkidzhanyan67701( ERE);  Yerevan, Elar× Arzni, closer to Arzni, to the right of the highway, rocky wormwood semi-desert,  20 August 1960,  Mulkidzhanyan, Avetisyan, Gabrielyan66482( ERE);  Meghri district, Meghri, on the road to Legvaz,  22 October 1957,  Mulkidzhanian63981( ERE);  Kafan district, Shikahokh reserve, near N. And village,  27 October 1960,  Grigoryan96384( ERE);  Ararat region, Khosrov reserve, eastern slope,  1600-1700 mabove sea level,  21 September 1962,  Mulkidzhanyan93885( ERE);  Meghri, Lichk, Vardanadzor, bushes,  21 July 1963,  Mulkidzhanyan80978( ERE);  Noemberyan district, left bank of the Voskepar River, bear nut clump,  18 June 1964,  Mulkidjanian81227( ERE);  Tumanyan district, environs of the village of Dsegh, right bank of the Marz River, coastal forest,  27 August 1996,  Nersesian147019( ERE);  Kotayk region, Abovyan district, Garni village, Azat rivergorge, between the confluence of the Geghardand Millirivers and the waters of the reservoir, right bank, floodplain,  1250 ma.s.l.,  19 September 1998,  Manakyan172706( ERE);  Syunik province, Goris district, road to Tatev, gorge at crossing with Vorotan river,  1024 ma.s.l., 39 o23'41''N/ 46 o15'30''E,  19 August 2005,  Fayvush, Tamanyan, Vitek193068( ERE);  Shamshadin district, environs of the village of Aygedzor,  700 ma.s.l., 39 o31.180'N/ 044 o07.809'E,  7 July 2007,  Kartashyan185778( ERE);  Gegharkunik province, Martuni district, Selimpass, small side valely c. 1.5 kmSSW of the Karavanserey,  2090 ma.s.l., 39 o56'16''N/ 45 o13'47''E,  22 August 2007,  Fayvush, Tamanyan, Vitek, Vitek202241( ERE);  Syunik province, near the road from Tatevto Tandzatap, sparse forest,  1570 ma.s.l., 39 o22'16''N, 046 o14'29'' E,  28 July 2019,  Stepanyan-Gandilyan198542( ERE). 1924-07-16 ERE Kara-Murza Armenia Selected Byurakan village Ashtarak district 13 138 1 [226,1335,1745,1772] 1925-09-10 ERE Shelkovnikov Armenia Inter Samblung Achtala 13 138 1 1934-08-30 ERE Tamamschian Armenia Arzni 13 138 1 1948-05-01 ERE Mulkidzhanyan Armenia Megraget river Meghri district 13 138 1 1954-06-25 ERE Mulkidzhanyan Armenia Dzoraget Alaverdi region 13 138 1 1954-06-25 ERE Mulkidzhanyan Armenia Noyemberyan district Noyemberyan Koti-gekh 13 138 1 1958-07-24 ERE Mulkidzhanyan Armenia Shamshadin district Aygedzor Kolagir 13 138 1 1960-08-20 ERE Mulkidzhanyan & Avetisyan & Gabrielyan Armenia Elar Arzni Arzni 13 138 1 Yerevan 1957-10-22 ERE Legvaz & Mulkidzhanian Armenia Meghri Meghri district 13 138 1 Yerevan 1960-10-27 ERE Grigoryan Armenia Kafan district And village Shikahokh reserve 13 138 1 Yerevan 1962-09-21 ERE Mulkidzhanyan Armenia 1650 14 139 Khosrov reserve 13 138 1 Ararat 1963-07-21 ERE Mulkidzhanyan Armenia Meghri Vardanadzor Lichk 14 139 1 Ararat 1964-06-18 ERE Mulkidjanian Armenia Voskepar River Noemberyan district 14 139 1 Ararat 1996-08-27 ERE Nersesian Armenia Tumanyan district Marz River Dsegh 14 139 1 Ararat 1998-09-19 ERE Geghard & Milli & Manakyan Armenia Abovyan district 1250 Azat river Garni village 14 139 1 Kotayk' 2005-08-19 ERE Fayvush & Tamanyan & Vitek Armenia Goris district 1024 39.394726 Vorotan river 19 46.258335 Tatev 14 139 1 Syunik' 2007-07-07 ERE Kartashyan Armenia 700 39.51967 Aygedzor 1 44.13015 Shamshadin district 14 139 1 Syunik' 2007-08-22 ERE Karavanserey & Fayvush & Tamanyan & Vitek Armenia 2090 39.93778 Selim 19 45.22972 Martuni district 14 139 1 Geghark'unik' 2019-07-28 ERE Stepanyan-Gandilyan Armenia 1570 39.37111 Tandzatap 19 46.24139 Tatev 14 139 1 Syunik'