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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).
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.
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; Hybrids between Ribes hirtellum and Ribes uva-crispa, including most of the modern gooseberry cultivars
The species is divided into two varieties, [4] each known simultaneously as northern black currants, and by their own individual common, and scientific names; the type variety, R. h. var. hudsonianum, is also known as the Hudson Bay currant; [4] [7] whereas R. h. var. petiolare is also known as the western black currant.
Ribes cereum is a species of currant known by the common names wax currant [3] and squaw currant; [4] the pedicellare variety is known as whisky currant. The species ...
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 sanguineum, the flowering currant, redflower currant, red-flowering currant, or red currant [3] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Grossulariaceae. It is native to the western United States and Canada.
Ribes californicum is a mostly erect shrub growing to a maximum height around 1.4 metres (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft). Nodes along the stem each bear three spines up to 1.5 centimetres (5 ⁄ 8 in) in length.