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Rubus glabratus is a Latin American species of brambles in the Rosaceae. It is native to Central America (Panama, Costa Rica) and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia). Rydberg, Per Axel. 1913. North American Flora 22(5): 440Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
Rubus glabratus is a perennial subshrub with stems up to 80 cm (2 2/3 feet) long, with curved prickles. Flowers are rose-colored. Fruit is red. Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1824. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 6: 221 description and figure captions in Latin Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1824. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 6: 221 full-page line drawing of Rubus glabratus
The genetics of Rubus is extremely complex, so that it is difficult to decide on which groups should be recognized as species. There are many rare species with limited ranges such as this. Further study is suggested to clarify the taxonomy. Flora of North America, Rubus Linnaeus, 1754. Bramble
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