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Ribes (/ ˈ r aɪ b iː z /) [5] is a genus of about 200 known species of flowering plants, most of them native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. [2] The species may be known as various kinds of currants, such as redcurrants, blackcurrants, and whitecurrants, or as gooseberries, and some are cultivated for their edible fruit or as ornamental plants.
This list of Ribes species shows many of the approximately 200 accepted species in the plant genus Ribes, the single genus in the Saxifragales family Grossulariaceae. [1] Traditionally, these have been divided into a number of subgenera , such as subgenus Ribes (currants) and subgenus Grossularia (gooseberries).
Gooseberry most often refers to cultivated plants from two species of the genus Ribes: . Ribes uva-crispa native to Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia.; Ribes hirtellum, American gooseberry
Ribes aureum, known by the common names golden currant, [3] clove currant, pruterberry and buffalo currant, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ribes native to North America. [ 4 ] Description
Ribes cereum is a spreading or erect shrub growing between 20 centimetres (8 inches) and 2 metres (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet) in height. [5] The stems are fuzzy, often very glandular, and lack spines and prickles.
Ribes viburnifolium, is an uncommon North American species in the gooseberry family. It is known by the common names Catalina currant , Santa Catalina Island currant , island gooseberry [ 2 ] and evergreen currant .
Rheum ribes, the Syrian rhubarb or currant-fruited rhubarb, [2] or warty-leaved rhubarb, [3] is an edible wild rhubarb species in the genus Rheum.It grows between 1000 and 4000 m on dunite rocks, among stones and slopes, and is now distributed in the temperate and subtropical regions of the world, chiefly in Western Asia (Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia) to Afghanistan ...
Ribes diacanthum is a shrub up to 2 meters (80 in) tall, dioecious (with male and female flowers on different plants). Flowers are yellow-green. Flowers are yellow-green. Fruits are red, spherical, and reportedly good-tasting.