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).[2]
Subgenus Ribes L. edit
Section Berisia Spach edit
This section comprises Alpine currants, dioecious species distributed through Eurasia
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| Ribes achurjani Mulk. | Armenia | ||
| Ribes acuminatum Wall. ex G.Don | India | ||
| Ribes armenum Pojark. | South Caucasus | ||
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Ribes alpinum L. – alpine currant | northern Europe from Finland and Norway south to the Alps and Pyrenees and Caucasus, Georgia |
| Ribes diacanthum Pall. – Siberian currant | (Russia, Mongolia, Korea, northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia) | ||
| Ribes giraldii Jancz. | China (E Gansu, Liaoning, Shaanxi, SW Shanxi.) | ||
| Ribes glabricalycinum L.T.Lu | China (Sichuan) | ||
| Ribes glabrifolium L.T.Lu | China (W Hubei, S Shaanxi) | ||
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Ribes glaciale Wallich – glacier currant | China (SE Gansu, Henan, W Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan), Bhutan, N India, Kashmir, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim | |
| Ribes henryi Franch. | China (W. Sichuan, Hubei) | ||
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Ribes heterotrichum C.A.Mey. | Central Asia to Mongolia and N. Pakistan. | |
| Ribes humile Jancz. | China (Sichuan) | ||
| Ribes hunanense Chang Y.Yang & C.J.Qi | China ( Guangxi, Hunan) | ||
| Ribes kialanum Jancz. | China (W. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan) | ||
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Ribes komarovii Pojark. | Russian Far East, northern and central China, North Korea | |
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Ribes laurifolium Jancz. – evergreen currant | China (W. Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan) to Myanmar. | |
| Ribes luridum Hook. & Thoms. – purple currant | Nepal to China (W. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan) | ||
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Ribes maximowiczii Batal. – common Korean currant[3] | China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, E Liaoning),Japan, Korea, Russia |
| Ribes melananthum Boiss. & Hohen. | Iran | ||
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Ribes orientale Desf. – Siberian currant | China (W Sichuan, Xizang, NW Yunnan),Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Russia; SW Asia, SE Europe | |
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Ribes saxatile Pall. | China (Xinjiang), Russia | |
| Ribes takare D.Don | China, Bhutan, N India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim | ||
| Ribes tianquanense S.H.Yu & J.M.Xu | China (Sichuan) | ||
| Ribes pseudofasciculatum K.S.Hao | China (Xizhang, Sichuan, Qinghai) | ||
| Ribes pulchellum Turcz. | S. Siberia to N. China. | ||
| Ribes rubrisepalum L.T.Lu | China (Gansu, S Shaanxi, W Sichuan, NW Yunnan.) | ||
| Ribes tenue Jancz. | China ( E Gansu, W Henan, W Hubei, NW Hunan, SW Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan) | ||
| Ribes vilmorinii Jancz. | China (Hebei, W Sichuan, NW Yunnan.) | ||
| Ribes xizangense L.T.Lu | China (Xizang) |
Section Calobotrya (Spach) Jancz. edit
This section comprises North American species commonly known as ornamental currants
| Flowers | Fruit | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Ribes brandegeei Eastw. | Mexico | ||
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Ribes canthariforme Wiggins – Moreno currant | California | |
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Ribes cereum Douglas – Squaw currant, wax currant, white field currant, whiskey currant | British Columbia, Alberta, and much of the western United States, from Washington, Oregon, and California east as far as the western Dakotas and the Oklahoma Panhandle |
| Ribes ceriferum Coville & Rose | Mexico (Durango and Chihuahua) | ||
| Ribes ciliatum Humb. & Bonpl. | Mexico | ||
| Ribes dugesii Greenm. | Mexico | ||
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Ribes indecorum Eastw. – white-flowered currant | Santa Barbara County in California south into northern Baja California. | |
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Ribes malvaceum Sm. – Chaparral currant | California and northern Baja California | |
| Ribes mescalerium Coville – Mescalero currant | southeastern New Mexico, western Texas, and the Mexican State of Chihuahua. | ||
| Ribes neglectum Rose | Mexico | ||
| Ribes nelsonii Coville & Rose | Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua) | ||
| Ribes nevadense Kellogg – Sierra currant, Jaeger's currant, Nevada currant | California, Nevada, Oregon | ||
| Ribes orizabae Rose | Mexico (Veracruz) | ||
| Ribes pringlei Rose | Central & SW. Mexico. | ||
| Ribes grande Rose | Mexico (Puebla) | ||
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Ribes sanguineum Pursh – flowering currant, redflower currant, blood currant, sticky blood currant, blackseed blood currant, winter currant | western United States and Canada. |
| Ribes tortuosum Benth. | Mexico | ||
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Ribes viscosissimum Pursh – sticky currant | United States, Canada |
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Ribes wolfii Rothr. – Wolf's currant | northern Idaho, northeastern Oregon, and southeastern Washington. Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, Mexico |
Section Coreosma (Spach) Jancz. edit
This section comprises Eurasian and American black currants
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Ribes americanum Mill. – American blackcurrant, wild blackcurrant | Canada (from Alberta to Nova Scotia) and the northern United States (from New England to Washington, with additional populations in Colorado and New Mexico) |
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Ribes bracteosum Douglas ex Hook. – stink currant | southeastern Alaska to Mendocino County in California |
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Ribes dikuscha Fisch. ex Turcz. | Siberia to Russian Far East. | |
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Ribes hudsonianum Richards – northern blackcurrant, Hudson Bay currant, western blackcurrant | Canada, from Quebec westwards; and parts of the United States (Alaska, the Great Lakes region, the northern Rockies, Cascades, Blue Mountains, and other parts of the Northwest) |
| Ribes janczewskii Pojark. | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan | ||
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Ribes japonicum Maxim. – Japanese blackcurrant, thornless blackcurrant | Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku) |
| Ribes malvifolium Pojark. | Tadzhikistan | ||
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Ribes nigrum L. – Blackcurrant, European blackcurrant | northern Europe and northern Asia |
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Ribes procumbens Pall. – trailing redcurrant | Siberia to N. Korea, Japan (C. Honshu) | |
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Ribes ussuriense Jancz. – Korean blackcurrant | Siberia to N. Korea, Japan (C. Honshu) | |
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Ribes viburnifolium A.Gray – Island gooseberry | Southern California |
Section Symphocalyx Berland. edit
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Ribes aureum Pursh – buffalo currant, clove currant, golden currant. Includes well-known cultivar 'Gwen.' | Canada, most of the United States (except the southeast) and northern Mexico. |
Section Grossularioides ( Jancz.) Rehd. edit
This section comprises spiny or Gooseberry-stemmed currants from North America
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Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poir. – black gooseberry, prickly currant, black swamp gooseberry | California to Alaska and across North America east to Pennsylvania and Newfoundland, and south as far as New Mexico. |
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Ribes montigenum McClat. – gooseberry currant | Washington south to California and east as far as the Rocky Mountains |
Section Heritiera Jancz. edit
| Flowers | Fruit | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Ribes erythrocarpum Coville & Leiberg – Crater Lake currant | Cascade Mountains in the US State of Oregon | ||
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Ribes acerifolium T.J Howell – maple currant, mapleleaf currant | Canadian Province of British Columbia as well as to the northwestern United States (Washington, Idaho, Oregon) | |
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Ribes glandulosum Grauer ex Weber – skunk currant, fetid currant | United States (Alaska, the Great Lakes region, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Northeast) |
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Ribes laxiflorum Pursh – trailing blackcurrant | from Alaska and Yukon south as far as northern California and New Mexico |
Section Parilla Jancz. edit
| Flowers | Fruit | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Ribes andicola Jancz. | Colombia | ||
| Ribes albifolium Ruiz & Pav. | Peru | ||
| Ribes austroecuadorense Freire-Fierro | Ecuador | ||
| Ribes chachapoyense Weigend & Breitkopf | Peru | ||
| Ribes colandina Weigend | Peru | ||
| Ribes contumazensis Weigend | Peru | ||
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Ribes costaricense Weigend | Costa Rica | |
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Ribes cucullatum Hook. & Arn. | Argentina and Chile | |
| Ribes dombeyanum (Spach) Jancz. | Peru | ||
| Ribes ecuadorense Jancz. | Colombia, Ecuador | ||
| Ribes erectum Freire-Fierro | Colombia, Ecuador | ||
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Ribes fasciculatum Siebold & Zucc. – Japanese currant | China, Japan, and Korea, |
| Ribes hirticaule J.F.Macbr. | Peru | ||
| Ribes hirtum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. | Colombia to Ecuador. | ||
| Ribes incarnatum Wedd. | Peru to W. Bolivia. | ||
| Ribes incertum J.F.Macbr. | Peru. | ||
| Ribes integrifolium Phil. | Chile | ||
| Ribes lehmannii Jancz. | Ecuador. | ||
| Ribes luteynii Weigend | Ecuador | ||
| Ribes macrobotrys Ruiz & Pav. | Peru | ||
| Ribes macrostachyum Jancz. | Peru. | ||
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Ribes magellanicum Jancz. | Chile and Argentina |
| Ribes nanophyllum Freire-Fierro & L.Endara | Ecuador | ||
| Ribes nitidissima Neger. | Chile | ||
| Ribes ovalifolium Jancz. | Peru | ||
| Ribes parvifolium Phil. | Chile. | ||
| Ribes pentlandii Britton | Peru to W. Bolivia | ||
| Ribes peruvianum Jancz. | Peru. | ||
| Ribes polyanthes Phil. | Chile. | ||
| Ribes praecox J.F.Macbr. | Peru | ||
| Ribes punctatum Ruiz & Pav. | Chile | ||
| Ribes ruizii Rehder. | Chile | ||
| Ribes sanchezii Weigend | Peru. | ||
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Ribes sardoum Martelli – Sardinian currant | Sardegna | |
| Ribes steinbachiorum Weigend & Binder | Bolivia | ||
| Ribes sucheziense Jancz. | Bolivia | ||
| Ribes tolimense Cuatrec. | Colombia | ||
| Ribes trilobum Meyen. | Central & S. Central Chile. | ||
| Ribes valdivianum Phil. | Chile | ||
| Ribes weberbaueri Jancz. | Peru |
Section Ribes L. edit
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Ribes altissimum Turcz. ex Pojark. – tall currant | Mongolia, Russia (Siberia), China (Xinjiang) | |
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Ribes biebersteinii Berland. ex DC. | E. Turkey to NW. Iran. | |
| Ribes griffithii Hook.f. & Thomson | Nepal to China (W. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan) | ||
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Ribes himalense Royle ex Decne.– smooth rock currant | Pakistan to SW China | |
| Ribes latifolium Jancz. – broadleaf currant | China (S. Jilin) to N. Korea, Sakhalin to N. Japan | ||
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Ribes longeracemosum Franch. – Tibet thornless blackcurrant | China (Sichuan, Yunnan, W. Hubei). | |
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Ribes mandshuricum (Maxim.) Kom. | Russian Far East to N. & E. Central China and Korea. | |
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Ribes meyeri Maxim. – Meyer's currant | Central Asia to Mongolia and NE. Afghanistan |
| Ribes moupinense Franch. | Central & S. China. | ||
| Ribes multiflorum Kit. – manyflower currant | Central Italy, Balkan Peninsula to W. Central Turkey | ||
| Ribes pallidiflorum Pojark. | northeastern China to Russia | ||
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Ribes petraeum Wulf. – rock currant, rock redcurrant, Bieberstein's rock currant | Europe |
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Ribes rubrum L. – redcurrant, white currant | Europe |
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Ribes sachalinense (F.Schmidt) Nakai | Sakhalin to Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku). |
| Ribes setchuense Jancz. | China (Sichuan, SE. Gansu) | ||
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Ribes spicatum Robson – Nordic redcurrant, Nordic currant, downy currant | northern Europe and northern Asia |
| Ribes soulieanum Jancz. | Tibet to China (NW. Yunnan). | ||
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Ribes triste Pall. – northern redcurrant or swamp redcurrant, wild redcurrant | Canada and the northern United States, as well as in eastern Asia (Russia, China, Korea, Japan) |
| Ribes turbinatum Pojark. | Kazakhstan |
Subgenus Grossularia (Mill.) Pers. edit
Section Grossularia(Mill.) Nutt. edit
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Ribes aciculare Sm. – needle-spined gooseberry | northern China, Siberia. |
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Ribes alpestre Wall. ex Decne. | from Afghanistan to SW China | |
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Ribes ambiguum Maxim. | China South-Central, Japan | |
| Ribes burejense F.Schmidt | China, N Korea, Mongolia, Russia | ||
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Ribes curvatum Small – Granite gooseberry | United States (Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama) | |
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Ribes cynosbati L. – prickly gooseberry, eastern prickly gooseberry, dogberry, dog bramble | eastern and central United States and Canada |
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Ribes divaricatum Douglas – spreading gooseberry, wild gooseberry, coast gooseberry, coastal black gooseberry, Parish's gooseberry, Worcesterberry[4] | western North America from British Columbia to California |
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Ribes echinellum (Cov.) Rehder – Miccosukee gooseberry | Florida, South Carolina | |
| Ribes formosanum Hayata | Taiwan. | ||
| Ribes grossularioides Maxim. – Japanese gooseberry, catberry | Japan | ||
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Ribes hirtellum Michx. – North American gooseberry, hairystem gooseberry, currant gooseberry | Canada and the northern United States |
| Ribes horridum Rupr. – thorny currant | Russian Far East to N. Korea, Japan | ||
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Ribes inerme Rydb. – whitestem gooseberry, Klamath gooseberry | British Columbia to California and westward to the Rocky Mountains | |
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Ribes missouriense Nutt. – Missouri gooseberry | north-central United States (Great Lakes, upper Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys) |
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Ribes niveum Lindl. – snow gooseberry, slender-branched gooseberry | western United States (Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada with isolated populations in Colorado and New Mexico) | |
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Ribes oxyacanthoides L. – American mountain gooseberry, Canadian gooseberry, stream gooseberry, Henderson's gooseberry, Idaho gooseberry | Alaska through much of Canada and the western and north-central United States | |
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Ribes rotundifolium Michx. – Appalachian gooseberry, round-leaved gooseberry | Massachusetts and the Appalachian Mountains south as far as South Carolina and Tennessee | |
| Ribes sinanense F.Maek. – Chinese gooseberry | Japan (C. Honshu) | ||
| Ribes stenocarpum Maxim. – narrow-fruited currant | S. & E. Qinghai to China Gansu, Shaanxi, NW. Sichuan | ||
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Ribes uva-crispa L. – gooseberry, wild gooseberry, European gooseberry, English gooseberry | Europe, the Caucasus and northern Africa |
Subgenus Hesperia A.Berger edit
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| Ribes amarum McClatchie – bitter gooseberry | California | ||
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Ribes californicum Hook. & Arn. – Hillside gooseberry, California gooseberry, Monterey gooseberry | California |
| Ribes cruentum Greene – shinyleaf currant, Oregon currant | California, Oregon | ||
| Ribes leptosma (Coville) Fedde | California | ||
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Ribes menziesii Pursh – Canyon gooseberry, Menzies' gooseberry | California and Oregon | |
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Ribes roezlii Reg. – Sierra gooseberry, Roezl's gooseberry | California, its distribution extending east into Nevada and north into Oregon |
| Ribes victoris Greene – Victor's gooseberry | California |
Subgenus Lobbia A. Berger edit
Section Lobbia edit
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| Ribes binominatum A.Heller – ground gooseberry | northern California and western Oregon. | ||
| Ribes lasianthum Greene – alpine gooseberry | California, Nevada | ||
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Ribes leptanthum A.Gray – trumpet gooseberry | Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah |
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Ribes lobbii A.Gray – gummy gooseberry | United States (Siskiyou Mountains, eastern Columbia Gorge, Crater Lake National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park) and British Columbia in Canada | |
| Ribes marshallii Greene – Hupa gooseberry | southern Oregon and northern California | ||
| Ribes microphyllum Kunth | Guatemala, Mexico | ||
| Ribes pinetorum Greene – orange currant | Arizona and New Mexico. | ||
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Ribes quercetorum Greene – rock gooseberry | California | |
| Ribes sericeum Eastw. – Lucia gooseberry | California | ||
| Ribes tularense (Coville) Fedde. – Tulare gooseberry | southern California | ||
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Ribes velutinum Greene – desert gooseberry, Gooding's gooseberry | Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, California, and Arizona |
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Ribes watsonianum Koehne – spring gooseberry | Washington and Oregon. |
Section Robsonia Berland. edit
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Ribes speciosum Pursh – fuchsia-flowered gooseberry | southern California and Baja California |
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Ribes thacherianum (Jeps.) Munz | coast of California |
Hybrids edit
| Flowers | Fruit | Scientific name | Parents |
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| Ribes x bethmontii Jancz. | Ribes malvaceum x R. sanguineum | ||
| Ribes × culverwellii | Ribes nigrum x Ribes uva-crispa | ||
| Ribes × futurum Jancz. | Ribes rubrum × Ribes warszewiczii | ||
| Ribes x gonduini Jancz. | Ribes petraeum × Ribes rubrum | ||
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Ribes × gordonianum Lem. | Ribes odoratum × Ribes sanguineum | |
| Ribes × holocericeum Otto & A.Dietr. | Ribes petraeum × Ribes spicatum | ||
| Ribes × houghtonianum Jancz. | Ribes rubrum × Ribes spicatum | ||
| Ribes × koehneanum Jancz. | Ribes multiflorum × Ribes rubrum | ||
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Ribes × nidigrolaria Rud.Bauer & A.Bauer – Jostaberry | Ribes divaricatum x Ribes uva-crispa |
| Ribes × van-fleetianum (A.Berger) Standl. | Ribes missouriense × Ribes uva-crispa. | ||
| Ribes x varoi Blanca | Ribes uva-crispa × Ribes petraeum |
References edit
- ^ "Ribes L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Schultheis, Lisa M.; Donoghue, Michael J. (1 January 2004). "Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of Ribes (Grossulariaceae), with an Emphasis on Gooseberries (subg. Grossularia)" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 29 (1): 77–96. doi:10.1600/036364404772974239. S2CID 85938994.
- ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 608. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ "Ribes divaricatum". RHS Plants. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 2014-11-04.