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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).
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 malvaceum is a perennial shrub that typically grows to 1.5–3 metres (5–10 ft) tall. [1] It lacks the characteristic nodal spines which are demonstrated on the stems of many other members in the genus.
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.
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 uva-crispa, known as gooseberry or European gooseberry, [2] is an Old World species of flowering shrub in the currant family, Grossulariaceae. Gooseberry bushes produce an edible fruit, for which it has been cultivated.