Rubus species present in Alexandru Beldie herbarium

Abstract

Rubus Genus, which encompasses 750 species spread out on almost all continents, has a significant importance, both from a botanical perspective, as well as an economical and medicinal one. The purpose of the present paper is todescribe some of the most important species belonging to the Rubus Genus present in the Al. Beldie Herbarium from INCDS „Marin Drăcea”, Bucharest. As such, the paper analyzes the species harvesting year and place, the botanists that have collected them as well as the plates conservation state.As a total, 114 plates that belong to the Rubus Genus were analyzed, namely 65 species. The species with most samples present in the herbarium is Rubus caesius L., followed by R. idaeus L. and R. tomentosus Borkh. The Rubus species were collected from France, Poland, Germany, Austria and Romania (Bucegi Mountains, Braşov, Arad, Timişoara, Caransebeş, Vâlcea, Buzău, Ilfov, Maramureş). The Rubus samples present in the herbarium were collected between 1853 and 1999, the majority of them being gathered between 1887 and 1942 by renowned local or foreign botanists. The conservation state of the plates is generally good.