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{{Taxobox
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{{SPlantbox
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|familia=Grossulariaceae
| name = Ribes
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|genus=Ribes
| image = Gooseberry Ribes grossularia (detail).JPG
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|Min ht metric=cm
| image_caption = ''Ribes uva-crispa'' ([[gooseberry]])
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|Temp Metric=°F
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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|image=Gooseberry Ribes grossularia (detail).JPG
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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|image_width=240
| ordo = [[Saxifragales]]
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| familia = '''Grossulariaceae'''
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| genus = '''''Ribes'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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| subdivision_ranks = Species
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'''''Ribes''''' is a [[genus]] of about 150 species of [[flowering plants]], usually treated as the only genus in the family '''Grossulariaceae'''. The genus is native throughout the temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]].
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'''''Ribes''''' is a [[genus]] of about 150 species of [[flowering plants]], usually treated as the only genus in the family '''Grossulariaceae'''. The genus is native throughout the temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]].
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''Ribes'' includes the currants, including the edible currants ([[blackcurrant]], [[redcurrant]] and [[whitecurrant]]), [[gooseberry|gooseberries]], and many [[ornamental plant]]s. The ''Ribes'' currant should not be confused with the [[Zante currant]] [[grape]].
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Seven [[subgenus|subgenera]] are recognised.  A few taxonomists place the gooseberry species in a separate genus, ''Grossularia'', despite the [[Jostaberry]] gooseberry/blackcurrant [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]].
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There are restrictions on growing ''Ribes'' species in many US states as they are a host for [[White Pine Blister Rust]].
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{{Inc|
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Ribes (probably derived from ribas, the Arabic name for Rheum Ribes,
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or by some supposed to be the Latinized form of riebs, an old German
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word for currant). Saxifragaceae. Currant. Gooseberry. Woody plants
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partly grown for their edible fruits and partly for their handsome
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flowers, fruits, or foliage.
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Unarmed or prickly shrubs with deciduous or rarely evergreen foliage:
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lvs. alternate, often fascicled, simple, usually palmately lobed and
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mostly plaited in the bud: fls. perfect or in some species dioecious,
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5-merous, rarely 4-merous, in many-fld. to few-fld. racemes, or
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solitary; calyx-tube cylindric to rotate, like the sepals usually
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colored; petals usually smaller than the sepals, often minute, rarely
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entirely wanting; stamens alternating with the petals, shorter or
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longer than the sepals; ovary inferior, 1-celled; styles 1 or 2 (Fig.
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3401): fr. a many-seeded pulpy berry, crowned by the remains of the
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calyx. —About 150 species in the colder and temperate regions of N.
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and S. Amer., N. and Cent. Asia, Eu., and N. Afr. The genus is
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sometimes divided into two: the true Ribes with usually unarmed sts.,
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racemose fls., and jointed pedicels, and Grossularia (p. 1414) with
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prickly sts.; fls. solitary or in short 2-4-fld. racemes and with the
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pedicels not jointed. The most recent monograph of the genus is by
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Janczewski, Monographie des Groseilliers, 1907 (originally published
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in Mem. Soc. Phys. Nat. Hist. Geneve, 35:199-517, with 202 figs.),
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with important supplements in Bull. Acad. Sci. Cracovic, ser. B,
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1910-13. The N. American species are treated by Coville & Britton in
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North American Flora, 22:193-225 (1908) under the two genera Ribes and
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Grossularia. There are also descriptions and figures of the more
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important species in Card's Bush Fruits, 444-84, figs. 80-109 (1911).
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The currants and gooseberies are usually low, upright or less often
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procumbent deciduous, rarely evergreen shrubs with prickly or unarmed
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branches, small or medium-sized usually lobed leaves, with rather
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small solitary or racemose flowers often greenish or reddish and
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insignificant, but in some species white or brightly colored in shades
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of red, scarlet, orange or yellow; the fruits also are often
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attractive and either black, purple, scarlet, yellowish or greenish.
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The flowers appear in spring with the leaves, and the fruits ripen in
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June or July, but in R. fasciculatum they do not mature until
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September and remain on the branches all winter. Most species are
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hardy North except the evergreen ones; also R. sanguineum, R. Roezlii,
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R.
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Lobbii, R. viscosissimum are not quite hardy North. The tender R.
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speciosum with fuchsia-like bright red flowers is perhaps the most
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showy species of the genus, though also R. sanguineum, R. odoratum, R.
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Gordonianum, R. Roezlii, R. Lobbii, R. pinetorum, R. cereum, R.
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inebrians, R. niveum, and others are handsome in bloom, while some, as  
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R. alpinum and R. fasciculatum, have ornamental scarlet fruits. They
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are well adapted for borders of shrubberies and, particularly the
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procumbent kinds, for planting on slopes. R. alpinum is excellent for
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shady places and as undergrowth. R. alpestre, a strong-growing and
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very spiny gooseberry from western China, may prove valuable as a
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hedge-plant. Many species bear edible fruits; the most important are
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the domestic currant, R. vulgare, and the European gooseberry, R.
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Grossularia; of less importance are the black currant, R. nigrum, the
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Buffalo or Missouri currant, R. odoratum, the European R. rubrum and
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some of the American gooseberries, as R. hirtellum, R. Cynosbati, R.
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oxyacanthoides, R. setosum, R. inerme. These plants are mostly of easy
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cultivation; they grow in any moderately good loamy soil, the  
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gooseberries preferring as a rule drier and sunnier positions, while
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the currants like more humidity and grow well in partly shaded
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situations. Propagation is by seeds which germinate readily; also by
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hardwood cuttings in autumn and by greenwood cuttings in summer under
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glass; mound-layering in summer is sometimes practised; budding or
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grafting is usually resorted to only, if quick propagation of rare
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varieties is desired. In Europe, currants and gooseberries are
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sometimes grafted high on R. odoratum trained to one stem, to form
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little standard trees. See also Currant and Gooseberry for
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cultivation.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Varieties==
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Selected species:
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*''[[Ribes acerifolium]]'' <font size=1>T.J Howell</font> - Maple Currant, Mapleleaf Currant
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*''[[Ribes achurjani]]'' <font size=1>Mulk.</font>
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*''[[Ribes aciculare]]'' <font size=1>Sm.</font> - Needle-spined Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes acidum]]'' <font size=1>Turcz. ex Pojark.</font>
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*''[[Ribes acuminatum]]'' <font size=1>Wall. ex G.Don</font>
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*''[[Ribes affine]]'' <font size=1>Kunth</font>
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*''[[Ribes albifolium]]'' <font size=1>Ruiz & Pav.</font>
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*''[[Ribes albinervium]]'' <font size=1>Michx.</font>
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*''[[Ribes alpestre]]'' <font size=1>Wall. ex Decne.</font>
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*''[[Ribes alpestris]]'' <font size=1>(Decne) A.Berger</font> - Hedge Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes alpinum]]'' <font size=1>L.</font> - Alpine Currant
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*''[[Ribes altamirani]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes altissimum]]'' <font size=1>Turcz. ex Pojark.</font> - Tall Current
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*''[[Ribes amarum]]'' <font size=1>McClatchie</font> - Bitter Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes ambiguum]]'' <font size=1>Maxim.</font>
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*''[[Ribes americanum]]'' <font size=1>Mill.</font> - American Blackcurrant, Wild Blackcurrant
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*''[[Ribes amictum]]'' <font size=1>Greene</font>
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*''[[Ribes andicola]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes aridum]]'' <font size=1>Greene</font>
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*''[[Ribes armenum]]'' <font size=1>Pojark.</font>
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*''[[Ribes ascendens]]'' <font size=1>Eastw.</font>
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*''[[Ribes atropurpureum]]'' <font size=1>C.A.Mey.</font>
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*''[[Ribes aucheziense]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes aureum]]'' <font size=1>Pursh</font> - Golden Currant
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*''[[Ribes austroecuadorense]]'' <font size=1>Freire-Fierro</font>
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*''[[Ribes bethmontii]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes binominatum]]'' <font size=1>A.Heller</font> - Ground Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes bracteosum]]'' <font size=1>Douglas ex Hook.</font> - Californian Blackcurrant, Stink Currant, Stinky Currant
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*''[[Ribes burejense]]'' <font size=1>F.Schmidt</font>
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*''[[Ribes californicum]]'' <font size=1>Hook. & Arn.</font> - Hillside Gooseberry, California Gooseberry, Monterey Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes canthariforme]]'' <font size=1>Wiggins</font> - Moreno Currant
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*''[[Ribes cereum]]'' <font size=1>Douglas</font> - Squaw Currant, Wax Currant, White Field Currant, Whiskey Currant
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*''[[Ribes ciliatum]]'' <font size=1>Humb. & Bonpl.</font>
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*''[[Ribes coloradense]]'' <font size=1>Cov.</font> - Colorado Currant
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*''[[Ribes cruentum]]'' <font size=1>Greene</font> - Shinyleaf Currant, Oregon Currant
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*''[[Ribes curvatum]]'' <font size=1>Small</font> - Granite Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes cynosbati]]'' <font size=1>L.</font> - Prickly Gooseberry, Eastern Prickly Gooseberry, Dogberry, Dog Bramble
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*''[[Ribes diacanthum]]'' <font size=1>Pall.</font> - Siberian Currant
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*''[[Ribes dikuscha]]'' <font size=1>Fisch. ex Turcz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes distans]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font> - Scarlet Currant
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*''[[Ribes divaricatum]]'' <font size=1>Douglas</font> - Spreading Gooseberry, Wild Gooseberry, Coast Gooseberry, Coastal Black Gooseberry, Parish's Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes echinellum]]'' <font size=1>(Cov.) Rehder</font> - Miccosukee Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes emodense]]'' <font size=1>Rehder</font> - Smooth Rock Currant
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*''[[Ribes erythrocarpum]]'' <font size=1>Coville & Leiberg</font> - Crater Lake Currant
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*''[[Ribes fasciculatum]]'' <font size=1>Siebold & Zucc.</font> - Japanese Currant
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*''[[Ribes floridum]]'' <font size=1>L'Hér..</font>
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*''[[Ribes fragrans]]'' <font size=1>Pall.</font> - Fragrant-flowered Gooseberry, Sweet-flowered Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes fuscescens]]'' <font size=1>(Jancz.) Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes futurum]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes gardonianum]]'' <font size=1>Lem.</font>
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*''[[Ribes gayanum]]'' (Spach) <font size=1>Steud.</font> - Leather-leaved Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes giraldii]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes glabricalycinum]]'' <font size=1>L.T.Lu</font>
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*''[[Ribes glabrifolium]]'' <font size=1>L.T.Lu</font>
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*''[[Ribes glaciale]]'' <font size=1>Wallich</font> - Glacier Currant
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*''[[Ribes glanduliferum]]'' <font size=1>A.Heller</font>
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*''[[Ribes glandulosum]]'' <font size=1>Grauer ex Weber</font> - [[White currant]], Skunk Currant, Fetid Currant
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*''[[Ribes glaucescens]]'' <font size=1>Eastw.</font>
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*''[[Ribes glutinosum]]'' <font size=1>Benth.</font>
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*''[[Ribes gongshanense]]'' <font size=1>T.C.Ku</font>
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*''[[Ribes goodingii]]'' <font size=1>M.E.Peck</font>
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*''[[Ribes gracile]]'' <font size=1>Michx.</font>
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*''[[Ribes grande]]'' <font size=1>Rose</font>
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*''[[Ribes grantii]]'' <font size=1>A.Heller</font>
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*''[[Ribes graveolens]]'' <font size=1>Bunge.</font>
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*''[[Ribes greeneianum]]'' <font size=1>A.Heller</font>
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*''[[Ribes griffithii]]'' <font size=1>Hook.f. & Thomson</font>
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*''[[Ribes grossularia]]'' <font size=1>L.</font>
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*''[[Ribes grossularioides]]'' <font size=1>Maxim.</font> - Japanese Gooseberry, Catberry
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*''[[Ribes guangxiense]]'' <font size=1>C.Z.Gao</font>
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*''[[Ribes hallii]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes haoi]]'' <font size=1>C.Y.Yang & Han</font>
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*''[[Ribes hartwegianum]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes hendersonii]]'' <font size=1>C.L.Hitchc.</font>
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*''[[Ribes henryi]]'' <font size=1>Franch.</font>
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*''[[Ribes hesperium]]'' <font size=1>McClatchie</font>
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*''[[Ribes heterotrichum]]'' <font size=1>C.A.Mey.</font>
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*''[[Ribes himalense]]'' <font size=1>Royle ex Decne.</font>
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*''[[Ribes hirtellum]]'' <font size=1>Michx.</font> - North American Gooseberry, Hairystem Gooseberry, Currant Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes hirticaule]]'' <font size=1>J.F.Macbr.</font>
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*''[[Ribes hirtum]]'' <font size=1>Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.</font>
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*''[[Ribes hispidulum]]'' <font size=1>(Jancz.) Pojark.</font>
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*''[[Ribes hittellianum]]'' <font size=1>Eastw.</font>
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*''[[Ribes holocericeum]]'' <font size=1>Otto & A.Dietr.</font>
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*''[[Ribes horridum]]'' <font size=1>Rupr.</font> - Thorny Currant
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*''[[Ribes houghtonianum]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes howellii]]'' <font size=1>Greene</font>
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*''[[Ribes hudsonianum]]'' <font size=1>Richards</font> - Northern Blackcurrant, Hudson Bay Currant, Western Blackcurrant
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*''[[Ribes humile]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes hunanense]]'' <font size=1>Chang Y.Yang & C.J.Qi</font>
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*''[[Ribes huronense]]'' <font size=1>Rydb.</font>
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*''[[Ribes hysterix]]'' <font size=1>Eastw.</font>
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*''[[Ribes incarnatum]]'' <font size=1>Wedd.</font>
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*''[[Ribes incertum]]'' <font size=1>J.F.Macbr.</font>
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*''[[Ribes indecorum]]'' <font size=1>Eastw.</font> - White-flowered Currant
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*''[[Ribes inebrians]]'' <font size=1>Lindl.</font>
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*''[[Ribes inerme]]'' <font size=1>Rydb.</font> - Whitestem Gooseberry, Klamath Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes integrifolium]]'' <font size=1>Phil.</font>
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*''[[Ribes intermedium]]'' <font size=1>Tausch</font>
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*''[[Ribes irriguum]]'' <font size=1>Douglas</font>
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*''[[Ribes janczewskii]]'' <font size=1>Pojark.</font>
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*''[[Ribes japonicum]]'' <font size=1>Maxim.</font> - Japanese Blackcurrant, Thornless Blackcurrant
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*''[[Ribes jessoniae]]'' <font size=1>Stapf.</font>
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*''[[Ribes jorullense]]'' <font size=1>Kunth</font>
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*''[[Ribes kansuense]]'' <font size=1>K.S.Hao</font>
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*''[[Ribes kialanum]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes koehneanum]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes kolymense]]'' <font size=1>(Trautv.) Kom.</font>
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*''[[Ribes komarovii]]'' <font size=1>Pojark.</font>
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*''[[Ribes kunthii]]'' <font size=1>Berland.</font>
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*''[[Ribes laciniatum]]'' <font size=1>Hook.f. & Thomson</font>
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*''[[Ribes lacustre]]'' <font size=1>(Pers.) Poir.</font> - Black Gooseberry, Prickly Currant, Black Swamp Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes lasianthum]]'' <font size=1>Greene</font> - Alpine Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes latifolium]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font> - Broadleaf Currant
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*''[[Ribes laurifolium]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font> - Evergreen Currant
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*''[[Ribes laxiflorum]]'' <font size=1>Pursh</font> - Trailing Blackcurrant
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*''[[Ribes lehmannii]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes leiobotrys]]'' <font size=1>Koehne</font>
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*''[[Ribes lentum]]'' <font size=1>(M.E.Jones) Coville & Rose</font>
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*''[[Ribes leptanthum]]'' <font size=1>A.Gray</font> - Trumpet Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes leptosma]]'' <font size=1>(Coville) Fedde</font>
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*''[[Ribes leptosmum]]'' <font size=1>(Coville) Standl.</font>
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*''[[Ribes leucoderme]]'' <font size=1>A.Heller</font>
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*''[[Ribes lindeni]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes liouanum]]'' <font size=1>Kitag.</font>
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*''[[Ribes lioui]]'' <font size=1>C.Wang & Chang Y.Yang</font>
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*''[[Ribes lobbii]]'' <font size=1>A.Gray</font> - Gummy Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes longeracemosum]]'' <font size=1>Franch.</font> - Tibet Thornless Blackcurrant
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*''[[Ribes longiflorum]]'' <font size=1>Nutt.</font>
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*''[[Ribes lucarense]]'' <font size=1>Phil.</font>
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*''[[Ribes luridum]]'' <font size=1>Hook. & Thoms.</font> - Purple Currant
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*''[[Ribes luteynii]]'' <font size=1>Weigend</font>
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*''[[Ribes macrobotrys]]'' <font size=1>Ruiz & Pav.</font>
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*''[[Ribes macrocalyx]]'' <font size=1>Hance</font>
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*''[[Ribes macrostachyum]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes magellanicum]]'' <font size=1>Poir.</font>
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*''[[Ribes malvaceum]]'' <font size=1>Sm.</font> - Chaparral Currant
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*''[[Ribes malvifolium]]'' <font size=1>Pojark.</font>
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*''[[Ribes mandschuricum]]'' <font size=1>(Maxim.) Komarov</font> - Manchurian Redcurrant
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*''[[Ribes mariposanum]]'' <font size=1>Congdon</font>
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*''[[Ribes marshallii]]'' <font size=1>Greene</font> - Hupa Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes maximowiczianum]]'' <font size=1>Kom.</font>
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*''[[Ribes maximowiczii]]'' <font size=1>Batal.</font>
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*''[[Ribes melananthum]]'' <font size=1>Boiss. & Hohen.</font>
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*''[[Ribes melancholicum]]'' <font size=1>Siev. ex Pall.</font>
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*''[[Ribes menziesii]]'' <font size=1>Pursh</font> - Canyon Gooseberry, Menzies' Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes mescalerium]]'' <font size=1>Coville</font> - Mescalero Currant
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*''[[Ribes mexicanum]]'' <font size=1>Spreng.</font>
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*''[[Ribes meyeri]]'' <font size=1>Maxim.</font> - Meyer's Currant
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*''[[Ribes micranthum]]'' <font size=1>Phil.</font>
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*''[[Ribes microphyllum]]'' <font size=1>Kunth</font>
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*''[[Ribes migratorium]]'' <font size=1>Suksd.</font>
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*''[[Ribes missouriense]]'' <font size=1>Nutt.</font> - Missouri Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes mogollonicum]]'' <font size=1>Greene</font>
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*''[[Ribes molle]]'' <font size=1>(A.Gray) Howell</font>
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*''[[Ribes montanum]]'' <font size=1>Howell</font>
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*''[[Ribes monticola]]'' <font size=1>K.Koch</font>
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*''[[Ribes montigenum]]'' <font size=1>McClat.</font> - Gooseberry Currant
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*''[[Ribes moupinense]]'' <font size=1>Franch.</font>
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*''[[Ribes multiflorum]]'' <font size=1>Kit.</font> - Manyflower Currant
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*''[[Ribes nanophyllum]]'' <font size=1>Freire-Fierro & L.Endara</font>
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*''[[Ribes neglectum]]'' <font size=1>Rose</font>
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*''[[Ribes nelsonii]]'' <font size=1>Coville & Rose</font>
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*''[[Ribes nemorosum]]'' <font size=1>Phil.</font>
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*''[[Ribes nevadense]]'' <font size=1>Kellogg</font> - Sierra Currant, Jaeger's Currant, Nevada Currant
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*''[[Ribes nigrum]]'' <font size=1>L.</font> - [[Blackcurrant]], European Blackcurrant
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*''[[Ribes nitidissima]]'' <font size=1>Neger.</font>
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*''[[Ribes niveum]]'' <font size=1>Lindl.</font> - Snow Gooseberry, Slender-branched Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes non-scriptum]]'' <font size=1>(A.Berger) Standl.</font>
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*''[[Ribes occidentale]]'' <font size=1>Hook. & Arn.</font>
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*''[[Ribes odoratissimum]]'' <font size=1>M.McMahon ex True</font>
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*''[[Ribes odoratum]]'' <font size=1>H.L.Wendl.</font> - Buffalo Currant, Clove Currant
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*''[[Ribes oligacanthum]]'' <font size=1>Eastw.</font>
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*''[[Ribes orientale]]'' <font size=1>Desf.</font> - Siberian Currant
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*''[[Ribes orizabae]]'' <font size=1>Rose</font>
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*''[[Ribes ovalifolium]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
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*''[[Ribes ovallei]]'' <font size=1>Phil.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes oxyacanthoides]]'' <font size=1>L.</font> - American Mountain Gooseberry, Canadian Gooseberry, Stream Gooseberry, Henderson's Gooseberry, Idaho Gooseberry
 +
*''[[Ribes pachyadenium]]'' <font size=1>Hand.-Mazz.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes pachysandroides]]'' <font size=1>Oliv.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes palczewskii]]'' <font size=1>(Jancz.) Pojark.</font> - Palczjewski's Ribes
 +
*''[[Ribes pallidiflorum]]'' <font size=1>Pojark.</font>
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*''[[Ribes palmeri]]'' <font size=1>Vasey & Rose</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes panctatum]]'' <font size=1>Ruiz & Pav.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes parishii]]'' <font size=1>A.Heller</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes parviflorum]]'' <font size=1>Wedd.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes parvifolium]]'' <font size=1>Phil.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes parvulum]]'' <font size=1>(A.Gray) Rydb.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes pauciflorum]]'' <font size=1>Turcz. ex Pojark.</font> - Few-flowered Ribes
 +
*''[[Ribes pensylvanicum]]'' <font size=1>Lam.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes pentlandii]]'' <font size=1>Britton</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes peruvianum]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes petiolare]]'' <font size=1>Fisch.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes petraeum]]'' <font size=1>Wulf.</font> - Rock Currant, Rock Redcurrant, Bieberstein's Rock Currant
 +
*''[[Ribes pinetorum]]'' <font size=1>Greene</font> - Orange Currant
 +
*''[[Ribes polyanthum]]'' <font size=1>Phil.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes polystachyum]]'' <font size=1>A.Berger</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes praecox]]'' <font size=1>J.F.Macbr.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes pringlei]]'' <font size=1>Rose</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes procumbens]]'' <font size=1>Pall.</font> - Trailing Redcurrant
 +
*''[[Ribes propinquum]]'' <font size=1>Turcz.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes pseudofasciculatum]]'' <font size=1>K.S.Hao</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes pulchellum]]'' <font size=1>Turcz.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes purpurascens]]'' <font size=1>A.Heller</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes purpusii]]'' <font size=1>Koehne ex Blank.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes quercetorum]]'' <font size=1>Greene</font> - Rock Gooseberry
 +
*''[[Ribes reclinatum]]'' <font size=1>L.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes recurvatum]]'' <font size=1>Michx.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes reniforme]]'' <font size=1>Nutt.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes repens]]'' <font size=1>A.I.Baranov</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes roezlii]]'' <font size=1>Reg.</font> - Sierra Gooseberry, Roezl's Gooseberry
 +
*''[[Ribes rosthornii]]'' <font size=1>Diels</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes rotundifolium]]'' <font size=1>Michx.</font> - Appalachian Gooseberry, Round-leaved Gooseberry
 +
*''[[Ribes rubrisepalum]]'' <font size=1>L.T.Lu</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes rubrum]]'' <font size=1>L.</font> - [[Redcurrant]]
 +
*''[[Ribes rugosum]]'' <font size=1>Coville & Rose</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes ruizii]]'' <font size=1>Rehder.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes sachalinense]]'' <font size=1>(F.Schmidt) Nakai</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes sanguineum]]'' <font size=1>Pursh</font> - Flowering Currant, Redflower Currant, Blood Currant, Sticky Blood Currant, Blackseed Blood Currant, Winter Currant
 +
*''[[Ribes sardoum]]'' <font size=1>Martelli</font> - Sardinian Currant
 +
*''[[Ribes saxatile]]'' <font size=1>Pall.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes saximontanum]]'' <font size=1>E.E.Nelson</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes saxosum]]'' <font size=1>Hook.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes scandicum]]'' <font size=1>Hedl.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes scuphamii]]'' <font size=1>Eastw.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes senile]]'' <font size=1>(Coville) Standl.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes sericeum]]'' <font size=1>Eastw.</font> - Lucia Gooseberry
 +
*''[[Ribes setchuense]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes setosum]]'' <font size=1>Lindl.</font> - Missouri Currant
 +
*''[[Ribes silvestre]]'' <font size=1>(Lam.) Mert. & Koch</font> (syn. ''R. sativum'') - Woodland Currant
 +
*''[[Ribes sinanense]]'' <font size=1>F.Maek.</font> - Chinese Gooseberry
 +
*''[[Ribes soulieanum]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes spathianum]]'' <font size=1>Koehne</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes speciosum]]'' <font size=1>Pursh</font> - Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry
 +
*''[[Ribes spicatum]]'' <font size=1>Robson</font> - Nordic Redcurrant, Nordic Currant, Downy Currant
 +
*''[[Ribes stanfordii]]'' <font size=1>Elmer</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes steinbachiorum]]'' <font size=1>Weigend & Binder</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes stenocarpum]]'' <font size=1>Maxim.</font> - Narrow-fruited Currant
 +
*''[[Ribes subvestitum]]'' <font size=1>Hook. & Arn.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes sucheziense]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes suksdorfii]]'' <font size=1>A.Heller</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes takare]]'' <font size=1>D.Don</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes tenue]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes tenuiflorum]]'' <font size=1>Lindl.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes texense]]'' <font size=1>(Coville & A.Berger) Standl.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes thacherianum]]'' <font size=1>(Jeps.) Munz</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes tianquanense]]'' <font size=1>S.H.Yu & J.M.Xu</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes tolimense]]'' <font size=1>Cuatrec.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes tortuosum]]'' <font size=1>Benth.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes tricuspe]]'' <font size=1>Nakai</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes trifidum]]'' <font size=1>Michx.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes trilobum]]'' <font size=1>Meyen.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes tripartitum]]'' <font size=1>Batalin</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes triste]]'' <font size=1>Pall.</font> - [[Northern Redcurrant]] or Swamp Redcurrant, Wild Redcurrant
 +
*''[[Ribes tularense]]'' <font size=1>(Coville) Fedde.</font> - Tulare Gooseberry
 +
*''[[Ribes turbinatum]]'' <font size=1>Pojark.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes uniflorum]]'' <font size=1>T.C.Ku</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes urceolatum]]'' <font size=1>Tausch</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes ussuriense]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font> - Korean Blackcurrant
 +
*''[[Ribes utile]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes uva-crispa]]'' <font size=1>L.</font> (syn. ''R. grossularia'') - [[Gooseberry]], Wild Gooseberry, European Gooseberry, English Gooseberry
 +
*''[[Ribes valdivianum]]'' <font size=1>Phil.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes valicola]]'' <font size=1>Greene ex Rydb.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes van-fleetianum]]'' <font size=1>(A.Berger) Standl.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes velutinum]]'' <font size=1>Greene</font> - Desert Gooseberry, Gooding's Gooseberry
 +
*''[[Ribes viburnifolium]]'' <font size=1>A.Gray</font> - Island Gooseberry
 +
*''[[Ribes victoris]]'' <font size=1>Greene</font> - Victor's Gooseberry
 +
*''[[Ribes vilmorinii]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes villosum]]'' <font size=1>Wall. ex Roxb.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes viscosissimum]]'' <font size=1>Pursh</font> - Sticky Currant
 +
*''[[Ribes viscosum]]'' <font size=1>Ruiz & Pav.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes vitifolium]]'' <font size=1>Host</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes vulgare]]'' <font size=1>Lam.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes warszewiczii]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font> - Downy Currant
 +
*''[[Ribes watkinsii]]'' <font size=1>Eastw.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes watsonianum]]'' <font size=1>Koehne</font> - Spring Gooseberry
 +
*''[[Ribes weberbaueri]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes weddellianum]]'' <font size=1>Jancz.</font>
 +
*''[[Ribes wolfii]]'' <font size=1>Rothr.</font> - Wolf's Currant
 +
*''[[Ribes xizangense]]'' <font size=1>L.T.Lu</font>
 +
 
 +
{{Inc|
 +
INDEX.
 +
 
 +
acerifolium, 15. fructu-luteo, 9. opulifolium,18.
 +
aconitifolium, 9. fructu-viridi, 9. odoratum 1.
 +
albescens, 4. fuchsioides, 36. oxyacanthoides,24,
 +
albidum, 4 and suppl. fuscescens, 10. 26, 29.
 +
albinervium, 12. futurum, 15, suppl. pallidum, 16.
 +
alpestre, 32. giganteum, 32. palmatum, 1.
 +
alpinum, 18. glabellum, 16. pennsylvanicum, 8.
 +
americanum, 8. glabratum, 31. petraeum, 13.
 +
amictum, 34. glabrum, 30. pinetorum, 33.
 +
apiifolium, 9. glandulosum, 11. prostratum, 11.
 +
aridum, 34. glutinosum, 4 and pubescens, 16, 30.
 +
atropurpureum, 13. suppl. pubiflorum, 28.
 +
atrorubens 4. Gordonianum, 3. pumilum, 18.
 +
atrosanguineum, 4. Gouduinii, 15. Purpusii, 29.
 +
aureum, 1,2,18. gracile, 23, 26, 31. reclinatum, 30.
 +
bacciferum, 18. Grossularia, 30. reticulatum, 9.
 +
Beatonii, 3. heterophyllum, 9. rignes, 11.
 +
Berlandieri, 7. hirtellum, 26, 29. Roezlii, 34.
 +
Biebersteinii, 13. holosericeum, 16. rotundifolium, 23, 27.
 +
Billiardii, 17. hortense, 15. rubrum, 15, 16.
 +
bracteosum, 10. Houghtonianum, 15. rusticum, 26.
 +
Brocklebankii, 4. humile, 18. sanguineum, 4.
 +
bullatum, 13. inebrians, 7. sativum, 15.
 +
carneum, 4, 6. inerme, 29, 31. saxatile, 19.
 +
carpathicum, 13. irriguum, 28, 29, saximontanum, 25.
 +
caucasicum, 13. suppl. saxosum, 26.
 +
cereum, 6. japonicum, 17. scandicum, 16.
 +
chinense, 17. jasminiflorum, 2. Schlechtendalii, 16.
 +
chlorocarpum, 9. Koehneanum, 15. setosum, 25.
 +
chrysococcum, 2. laciniatum, 9, 18. Spaethianum, 7.
 +
crispum, 9. lacustre, 20. speciosum, 36.
 +
cruentum, 34. leiobotrys, 2. splendens, 4.
 +
curvatum, 22. Lobbii, 35. sterile, 18.
 +
Cynosbati, 31. longiflorum, 1. sylvestre, 16.
 +
diacantha, 19. Loudonii, 3. tenuiflorum, 2.
 +
dissectum, 9. macrobotrys, 13. triflorum, 27.
 +
divaricatum, 28. macrocarpum, 15. triste, 12.
 +
Douglasii, 28. marmoratum, 9. Uva-crispa, 30.
 +
farinosum, 6. missouriense, 1,8,23. variegatum, 9, suppl.
 +
fasciculatum, 17. montanum, 28. villosum, 28.
 +
flore-pleno, 4. multiflorum, 14. viscosissimum, 5.
 +
floridum, 8. nevadense, 29. vulgare, 15.
 +
foliis-aureis, 18. nigrum, 9. Wilsonianum, 34.
 +
fragrans, 1. niveum, 21. xanthocarpum, 9.
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''Ribes'' includes the currants, including the edible currants ([[blackcurrant]], [[redcurrant]] and [[whitecurrant]]), [[gooseberry|gooseberries]], and many [[ornamental plant]]s. The ''Ribes'' currant should not be confused with the [[Zante currant]], which is a kind of dried [[grape]].
+
 +
R. aciculare, Smith. Allied to R. Grossularia. Spiny shrub: branches
 +
slender, bristly: lvs. 3-5-lobed, usually glabrous, about 1 in. broad:
 +
fls. pinkish; sepals reflexed; style glabrous: fr. smooth, rarely
 +
hispid, red or greenish yellow. Cent. Siberia, Altai Mts. The earliest
 +
gooseberry to burst into leaf.—R. affine, Douglas= R. laxiflorum.—R.
 +
albidum, Paxt.=R. glutinosum albidum.—R. ambiguum, Maxim. Low unarmed
 +
shrub: lvs. roundish, 3-5- lobed, with short. obtuse lobes,
 +
viscid-glandular beneath, to 2 in. broad: fls. 1-2, greenish; tube
 +
saucer-shaped; stamens shorter than sepals: fr. green,
 +
glandular-bristly. Japan.—R. ambiguum, Wats.=R. Watsonianum.—R.
 +
burejense, F. Schmidt. Allied to R. alpestre. Spiny and bristly shrub,
 +
to 3 ft.: lvs. deeply 3-5-lobed, pubescent and glandular, to 2 in.
 +
broad: fls. 1-2, reddish brown or pale: fr. greenish, prickly. N. E.
 +
Asia.—R. californicum, Hook. & Arn.=R. occidentale.—R, Carrierei,
 +
Schneid. (R. intermedium, Carr., not Tausch. R. glutinosum albidum X
 +
R. nigrum). Intermediate between the parents: lvs. without the odor of
 +
R. nigrum: fls. pink, glandular, in horizontal racemes to 3 in. long:
 +
fr. black, not bloomy. Originated with Billiard at
 +
Fontenay-aux-Roses., France.—R. cognalum, Greene (R. palousense,
 +
Elmer). Allied to R. oxyacanthoides. Spiny shrub to 10 ft., sometimes
 +
without bristles: fls. 2-5. white or whitish; calyx-tube cylindric,
 +
longer than sepals; stamens about half as long as sepals: fr. smooth.
 +
Wash., Ore.—R. coloradense, Cov. (R. laxiflorum var. coloradense,
 +
Jancz.). Allied to R. glandulosum. Unarmed procumbent shrub: lvs.
 +
usually 5-lobed: sepals longer, glandular-pubescent outside: fr.
 +
black, not bloomy. Colo.—R. Culverwelli, Macfarlane (R. Schneideri,
 +
Maurer. R. nigrum X R. Grossularia). Unarmed shrub: fls. similar to
 +
those of R. nigrum; the glandless lvs. and the infl. resembling those
 +
of the gooseberry: fr. dark red, hairy. G.C. III. 12:271; 44:120.
 +
J.H.S. 28, pp. 169-73. Originated in England and afterward also in
 +
Germany. Var. wollense (R. wollense, Bean). Lvs. with a few glands
 +
beneath: fr. glabrous, shining black.—R. dikuscha, Fisch. Allied to R.
 +
bracteosum. Unarmed shrub: lvs. 3-5-lobed, glabrous, glandular
 +
beneath, to 5 in. broad: fls. white, tomentose, in upright racemes to
 +
3 in. long; bracts linear, small: fr. bluish black, slightly bloomy.
 +
E. Siberia.—R. erythrospermum, Cov. & Leiberg. Allied to R.
 +
glandulosum. Unarmed prostrate shrub: lvs. deeply 3-5-lobed, finely
 +
pubescent and glandular: racemes erect, (6-10-fld.; bracts about as
 +
long as pedicels; fls. yellow or salmon-colored: fr. glandular-hairy,
 +
scarlet. Ore. G.F. 10:184.—R. fontenayense. Jancz. (R. sanguineum
 +
fontenayense, Hort. R. Grossularia X R.sanguineum). Intermediate
 +
between the parents: unarmed shrub: lvs. subcoriaceous, pubescent
 +
beneath: racemes horizontal or pendulous, stalked, 3-6-fld.; fls.
 +
vinous-red, pubescent: fr. purplish black. Originated in France with
 +
Billiard at Fontenay-aux-Roses.—R. futurum, Jancz. (R. vulgare X R.
 +
Warscewiczii). Intermediate between the parents: fls. brownish red or
 +
pinkish: fr. dark red. Raised by Janczewski at Lemberg, Galicia.—R.
 +
Gayanum, Steud. (R. villosum. Gay, not Nutt. R. trilobum, Mey.).
 +
Evergreen unarmed shrub, to 4 ft., with pubescent branches: lvs.
 +
slightly 3-lobed, pubescent, 1-2 in. across: fls. dioecious, yellow,
 +
honey-scented, in erect dense pubescent racemes 1-2 in. long: fr.
 +
purple-black, hairy. Chile. B.M. 7611. Not hardy North.—R. Giraldii,
 +
Jancz. Allied to R. diacantha. Spiny shrub, to 2 ft., with spreading
 +
bristly branches: lvs. 3-5-lobed, the middle lobe longer, pubescent
 +
and glandular, about 1 1/2 in. broad: fls. dioecious, brownish, in
 +
upright racemes: fr. scarlet, glandular-bristly. N. W. China.—R.
 +
glaciale, Wall. Allied to R. alpinum. Unarmed shrub, to 15 ft.: lvs.
 +
cordate to truncate, 3-5-lobed, the middle lobe elongated,
 +
acute or acuminate, glandular, to 2 1/3 in. long: fls. dioecious,
 +
greenish
 +
white or purplish, in upright racemes: fr. glabrous, scarlet, finally
 +
black. Himalayas, W. China.—R. glutinosum, Benth. (R. sanguineum var.
 +
glutinosum, Loud.). Allied to R. sanguineum. Unarmed shrub, to 12 ft.,
 +
with glandular-viscid pubescence: lvs. cordate, 3-5-lobed, glandular
 +
beneath, otherwise nearly glabrous,to 4 in. broad: racemes pendulous, to 4 in. long; bracts recurved; fls. pink-carmine: fr. black, glandular-hairy. Calif. Var. albidum,
 +
Jancz. (R. sanguineum albidum, Kirchn. R. albidum, Paxt.). Fls. white,
 +
tinged pinkish, often confused with R. sanguineum var.
 +
albescens, which see.—R. Henryi, Franch. Evergreen unarmed shrub,
 +
glandular: lvs. elliptic, crenulate, to 4 in. long: fls. dioecious,
 +
small, greenish; pistillate racemes 7-9-fld., with large green bracts:
 +
fr. oblong, green, glandular. Cent. China.—R. himalayense, Decne.Allied to R. petraeum. Unarmed shrub, to 12 ft.: lvs. cordate, 3-5-lobed, with acute or obtusish lobes, glandular above, pubescent or glabrous beneath, to 5 in. broad: fls. greenish, tinged purple, in
 +
racemes to 5 in. long, broadly campanulate: fr. red or black.
 +
Himalayas, W. China.—R. hudsonianum, Rich. Allied to R. bracteosum.
 +
Unarmed shrub: lvs. 3-5-lobed, resinous-dotted beneath, 1 1/2-4 in.
 +
broad: fls. white, in loose racemes about 2 in. long; bracts
 +
setaceous, as long as the pedicel: fr. black, smooth. Hudson Bay to
 +
Alaska, south to N. Minn. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:237.— R. intergrifolium,
 +
Philippi. Evergreen unarmed shrub, to 3 ft.: lvs.
 +
coriaceous, lanceolate, dentate above the middle, glabrous, 1-1 2/4in.
 +
long: fls. dioecious, yellow, in pendent racemes 2/4-1 1/4 in. long:
 +
fr. small, purplish black. Chile; not hardy North. Gt. 30:1047.—R.
 +
irriguum, Douglas. Allied to R. oxyacanthoides. Spiny shrub, to 10
 +
ft., usually without bristles: lvs. 3-5-lobed, 1-2 1/2 in. broad: fls.
 +
whitish, the peduncle exceeding the bud-scales; sepals nearly twice as
 +
long as tube; stamens about as long as petals: fr. smooth. Brit. Col.
 +
to Ore., Mont., Idaho. Has been confused with R. cognatum, R.
 +
divaricatum, and R. inerme, which see.—R. japonicum, Maxim. Allied to
 +
R. bracteosum. Shrub, to 6 ft.: branchlets hairy: lvs. cordate,
 +
5-lobed, pubescent and glandular beneath, to 6 in. broad: fls.
 +
greenish or brownish, tomentose and glandular, in upright racemes to 8
 +
in. long; bracts linear: fr. black, smooth. Japan.—R. latifolium,
 +
Jancz. All ed to R. petraeum. Unarmed shrub, to 6 ft.: lvs. 3-5-lobed,
 +
with acute lobes, glabrous or glandular-hairy, to 7 in. broad: fls. in
 +
racemes to 3 1/2 in. long, blood-red, campanulate: fr. red, rather
 +
large. Japan, Manchuria.—R. laurifolium, Jancz. Evergreen shrub, to 6
 +
ft.: lvs. coriaceous, ovate to ovate-oblong, crenate-serrate,
 +
glabrous, 2—4 in. long: fls. dioecious, greenish, flat; stamens and
 +
petals much shorter than sepals; staminate racemes pendulous, 1-1 3/4
 +
in. long; pistillate upright, 2/4in.
 +
long: fr. ellipsoid, 2/3in. long, pubescent, reddish. W. China. B.M.
 +
8543. G.C. III. 55:239. Gn. 76, p. 143; 79, pp. 170, 171. J.H.S. 38,
 +
p. 54, fig. 36. Not hardy North.—R. laxiflorum, Pursh. Allied to R.
 +
glandulosum. Unarmed procumbent shrub: lvs. deeply
 +
5-lobed, slightly pubescent beneath, 2-4 in. broad: racemes
 +
upright-spreading; sepals longer, pubescent, but not glandular: fr.
 +
dark purple, bloomy, glandular. Alaska to N. Calif. Var. coloradense,
 +
Jancz.=R. coloradense.—R. lentum, Cov. & Rose=R. montigenum.—R.
 +
leptanthum, Gray. Spiny slender shrub, to 4 ft.; branchlets slightly
 +
pubescent: lvs. usually truncate, deeply 3-5-lobed, glabrous or
 +
pubescent, 1/4-3/4in. broad: fls. 1-3, white, tinged with pink;
 +
calyx-tube cylindric; sepals reflexed: fr. black, lustrous.
 +
Colo., Utah, New Mex. and Ariz. Gt. 53, p. 409. Graceful small shrub.
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Var. quercetorum, Jancz.=R. quercetorum.—R. longeracemosum, Franch.
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Allied to R. petraeum. Unarmed shrub, to 10 ft.: lvs. cordate,
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3-5-lobed. with acute or acuminate lobes, glabrous, to 6 in. broad:
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racemes pendulous, to 12 in. long, thinly set with greenish or pinkish
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fls.; calyx-tube broadly campanulate: sepals upright; bracts oval,
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half as long as the slender pedicels, persistent: fr. black, edible.
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W. China. Var. Wilsonii, Jancz. Young branchlets red: racemes shorter;
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fls. salmon-red. Cent. China.—R.
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luridum, Hook. f. & Thom. Allied to R. alpinum. Unarmed shrub;
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branchlets glabrous, red: lvs. 3-5-lobed, with obtusish lobes,
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glabrous or nearly so, glandular, to 2 in. broad: fls. dioecious, dark
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purple, in upright racemes, the staminate 1-2 in. long, the pistillate
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shorter: fr. black, glabrous. Himalayas, W. China.—R. malvaceum, Smith
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(R. sanguineum malvaceum, Loud.). Allied to R. sanguineum. Unarmed
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shrub: lvs. rough above, grayish tomentose and glandular beneath: fls.
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pink or purple, smaller, white-pubescent and glandular; tube longer
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than the sepals: fr. viscid-pubescent. Calif.—R. Marshallii, Greene.
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Allied to R. Lobbii. Spiny shrub with puberulent branchlets: lvs.
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deeply cordate, 3-5-lobed, glabrous, 1-1 1/2 in. wide: fls. solitary,
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large, purplish; sepals 1/2-2/3in. long; stamens slightly longer;
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petals salmon-pink: fr. purplish black, prickly. Calif.—R.
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Maximowiczii, Batal. Allied to R. alpinum. Shrub, to 10 ft.;
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branchlets pubescent: lvs. slightly 3-5-lobed, middle lobe much
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longer, or undivided and ovate, pubescent on both sides, 1 1/2-4 in.
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long: fls. dioecious, in upright racemes 1-2 in. long: fr.
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glandular-hairy, red. N. W. China.—R. Menriesii, Pursh (R.
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subvestitum, Hook. & Arn.). Allied to R. Lobbii. Spiny shrub, to 6
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ft.; branchlets pubescent and bristly: lvs. deeply 3-5-lobed,  
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pubescent and glandular beneath, 1-2 in. broad: fls. purple, with
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white petals; stamens as long as the sepals, with ovate-lanceolate
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anthers: fr. glandular-bristly. Ore. to Calif. G.C. III. 45:242. R.H.
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1908, p. 31.—R. Meyeri, Maxim. Allied to R. petraeum. Unarmed shrub,
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to 10 ft.: lvs. usually 5-lobed, with acutish lobes, glabrous or
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glandular-hairy above, to 3 1/2 in. broad: racemes horizontal, lax, to
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2 in. long: fls. purplish, nearly sessile, small, with upright sepals:
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fr. black, lustrous. Cent. Asia, W. China. Var. turkestanicum, Jancz.
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Lvs. obtusely lobed: racemes longer; fls. blood-red. Turkestan.—R.
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mogollonicum, Greene=R. Wolfii.—R. molle, Howell, not Poepp.=R.
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montigenum.—R. montigenum, McClatchie (R. lacustre var. molle, Gray.
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R. lentum, Cov. & Rose). Allied to R. lacustre. Sts. bristly: lvs.
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pubescent and glandular: racemes few-fld.: fr. red, glandular-bristly,
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edible. Wash. to Mont., Idaho to New Mex.—R. moupinense, Franch.
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Allied to R. petraeum. Shrub, to 15 ft.: lvs. 3-5-lobed, with acute or
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acuminate lobes, sparingly glandular, otherwise glabrous, to 6 in.
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broad: racemes pendulous, loose, 1 1/2-5 in. long; fls. greenish
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tinged with red, or red; sepals upright: fr. black, lustrous. W.
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China.-R. nevadense, Kellogg R. sanguineum var. variegatum, Wats. R.
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variegatum, A. Nelson). Allied to R. sanguineum. Unarmed shrub: lvs.
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thin, 3-5-lobed, sparingly pubescent or glabrous: fls. smaller,
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rose-colored; sepals about twice as long as the tube; petals white:
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fr. blue, glaucous. Ore., Calif., Nev.—R. occidentale, Hook. & Arn.
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(R. californicum, Hook. & Arn.). Allied to R. Roezlii. Spiny shrub, to
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6 ft.: lvs. usually 5-lobed, glabrous or nearly so, about 1 in. broad:
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fls. green or purplish; calyx-tube about as long as broad; sepals
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glabrous, except a tuft of hairs at the apex; stamens as long as
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sepals: fr. prickly. Cent. Calif.—R. orientale, Desf. Allied to R.
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alpinum. Unarmed shrub, to 6 ft.: young growth glandular-viscid: lvs.
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lustrous above, pubescent beneath: fls. dioecious, greenish, tinged
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with red, glandular, in upright racemes 1-2 in. long: fr. red,
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pubescent. S. E. Eu., W. Asia. B.M. 1583 (as R. resinosum).—R.
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palousense, Elmer=R. cognatum.—R. pulchellum, Turcz. Allied to R.
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diacantha. Spiny shrub, to 6 ft., glabrous: lvs. truncate to
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subcordate, deeply 3-lobed, to 2 in. broad: fls. purplish, in upright
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racemes, the staminate to 2 1/3 in. long, the pistillate shorter: fr.
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large, red, glabrous. N. China, Transbaikal.—R. quercetorum, Greene.
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Spiny slender shrub, sometimes bristly: lvs. 3-5-cleft, finely
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pubescent or usually glabrous, 1/3-3/4in. long: fls. 2-3, pale
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yellowish with short-cylindric tube; petals shorter than the sepals, a
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little longer than the stamens: fr. smooth, purple. Cent. Calif. to
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Low. Calif.—R. resinosum, Pursh=R. orientale. —R. robustum, Jancz. (R.
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niveum X R. hirtellum). Intermediate between the parents. Spiny
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vigorous shrub, only the stronger shoots bristly: fls. white or
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pinkish, but sepals broader and shorter and filaments shorter and less
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pubescent than in R. niveum: fr. black. Origin unknown.—R. Saundersii,
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Jancz. (R. hudsonianum X R. nigrum). Intermediate between the parents:
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fls. pink, fading to whitish: fr. black. Originated in Ottawa.—R.
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stenocarpum, Maxim. Allied to R. alpestre. Spiny shrub, often bristly:
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lvs. cordate, 3-5-lobed, glabrous or pubescent, about 1 1/2in. across:
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fls. 1-3, short-peduncled, reddish or pale; calyx-tube campanulate,
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shorter than the reflexed sepals; stamens scarcely longer than petals:
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fr. oblong, 3/4-1 in. long, glabrous or hispid. N. W. China.—R.
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subvestitum, Hook. & Arn.=R. Menziesii.—R. succirubrum, Zabel (R.
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niveum X R. divaricatum). Intermediate between the parents. Lvs.
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similar to those of R. niveum: fls. pink or pinkish; stamens 1 1/2
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times as long as sepals:  fr. black, slightly pruinose. Originated at
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Gotha, Germany.—R. tenue, Jancz. Allied to R. alpinum. Unarmed slender
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shrub: lvs. 3-5-lobed, lobes acute, incisely dentate, the middle one
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longer, glandular, to 1 1/2 in. long: fls. reddish brown or greenish,
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dioecious, in upright racemes: fr. red. Cent. and W. China,
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Himalayas.—R. trilobum, Mey.=R. Gayanum.— R. urceolatum, Tausch (R.
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multiflorum X R. petraeum). Intermediate between the parents. Fls.
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reddish: fr. red. Origin unknown.—R. utile, Jancz. (R. Cynosbati X R.
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Grossularia). Intermediate between the parents. Lvs. similar to R.
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Grossularia: fls. slightly pubescent; ovary glabrous: fr. purplish,  
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sometimes with a few spines. A more detailed description will be found
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under the name of "Mountain" in G.F. 9:456. It originated with the
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Shakers of lebanon, N. Y.—R. variegatum, A. Nelson=R. nevadense.—R.
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viburnifolium, Gray. Evergreen, unarmed, aromatically scented shrub,
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to 8 ft.: branchlets glandular: lvs. ovate or oval, obtuse, coarsely
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toothed, glossy above, resinous-dotted beneath, 3/4-1 3/4 in. long:
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fls. dark pink, in upright racemes: fr. ovoid, red. Low. Calif., Santa
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Catalina Isl. B.M. 8094.—R. villosum, Gay, not Nutt.=R. Gayanum.— R.
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Vilmorinii, Jancz. Allied to R. alpinum. Unarmed shrub, to 6 t.: lvs.
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3-5-lobed with obtuse or acutish lobes, glandular above, about 1 in.
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broad: fls. dioecious in short upright racemes, greenish or tinged
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reddish brown: fr. small, black, glabrous or glandular. W. China.—R.
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Warsce-wizcii, Jancz. Allied to R. rubrum. Unarmed shrub, to 6 ft.:
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Lvs. slightly 3-5-lobed, slightly pubescent below, to 4 in. broad:
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fls. larger, pinkish, in pendent racemes 2 in. long: fr. larger,
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purplish black, very acid. E. Siberia.—R. Watsonianum, Koehne (R.
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ambiguum, Wats., not Maxim.). Allied to R. pinetorum. Spiny shrub,
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upright or ascending: branches glandular, not bristly: lvs. deeply
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3-5-lobed, sparingly pubescent on the veins, 1-2 in. broad: fls.
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pinkish, pubescent; petals white, one-fourth shorter than sepals;
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stamens as long as petals: fr. greenish, prickly. Wash.—R. Wolfii,
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Rothr. (R. mogollonicum, Greene). Allied to R. sanguineum. Unarmed
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shrub, to 10 ft.: lvs. 3-5-lobed, pubescent on the veins and glandular
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beneath, 2—3 1/2 in. broad: fls. greenish white, in upright
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long-stalked racemes, 1-1 1/2 in. long: fr. black, bloomy,
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glandular-bristly. Colo., Utah, New Mex., Arix. B.M. 8120.—R.
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wollense, Bean=R. Culverwellii var. wollense.  
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Currants are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species; see [[list of Lepidoptera which feed on Ribes]].
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==Gallery==
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Seven [[subgenus|subgenera]] are recognised. A few taxonomists place the gooseberry species in a separate genus, ''Grossularia'', despite the [[Jostaberry]] gooseberry/blackcurrant [[hybrid]].
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;Selected species
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==References==
*''[[Ribes aciculare]]'' Sm.
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*''[[Ribes alpestris]]'' (Decne) A.Berger - Hedge Gooseberry
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*''[[Ribes alpinum]]'' L. - Alpine Currant
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
*''[[Ribes ambiguum]]'' Maxim.
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
*''[[Ribes americanum]]'' Mill.
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
*''[[Ribes aureum]]'' Pursh - Golden Currant
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*''[[Ribes bracteosum]]'' Douglas ex Hook. - Californian Blackcurrant
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*''[[Ribes burejense]]'' F.Schmidt
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*''[[Ribes californicum]]'' Hook. & Arn.
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*''[[Ribes cereum]]'' Douglas - Squaw Currant or Wax Currant
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*''[[Ribes ciliatum]]'' Humb. & Bonpl.
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*''[[Ribes coloradense]]'' Cov.
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*''[[Ribes curvatum]]'' Small
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*''[[Ribes cynosbati]]'' L. - Prickly Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes diacanthum]]'' Pall.
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*''[[Ribes distans]]'' Jancz.
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*''[[Ribes divaricatum]]'' Douglas
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*''[[Ribes echinellum]]'' (Cov.) Rehder - Miccosukee Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes emodense]]'' Rehder
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*''[[Ribes fasciculatum]]'' Siebold & Zucc.
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*''[[Ribes fragrans]]'' Pall.
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*''[[Ribes gayanum]]'' (Spach) Steud.
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*''[[Ribes giraldii]]'' Jancz.
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*''[[Ribes glaciale]]'' Wallich
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*''[[Ribes glandulosum]]'' Grauer ex Weber - White currant
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*''[[Ribes glutinosum]]'' Benth.
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*''[[Ribes grossularioides]]'' Maxim. - Japanese Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes henryi]]'' Franch.
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*''[[Ribes hirtellum]]'' Michx. - North American Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes hudsonianum]]'' Richards - Northern Blackcurrant
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*''[[Ribes indecorum]]'' Eastw. - White-flowered Currant
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*''[[Ribes inebrians]]'' Lindl.
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*''[[Ribes inerme]]'' Rydb.
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*''[[Ribes irriguum]]'' Douglas
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*''[[Ribes japonicum]]'' Maxim.
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*''[[Ribes lacustre]]'' (Pers.) Poir.
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*''[[Ribes lasianthum]]'' Greene
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*''[[Ribes laurifolium]]'' Jancz.
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*''[[Ribes laxiflorum]]'' Pursh
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*''[[Ribes leptanthum]]'' A.Gray
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*''[[Ribes lobbii]]'' A.Gray - Gummy Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes longeracemosum]]'' Franch.
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*''[[Ribes luridum]]'' Hook. & Thoms.
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*''[[Ribes malvaceum]]'' Sm.
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*''[[Ribes mandschuricum]]'' (Maxim.) Komarov
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*''[[Ribes maximowiczii]]'' Batal.
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*''[[Ribes menziesii]]'' Pursh - Canyon Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes meyeri]]'' Maxim.
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*''[[Ribes missouriense]]'' Nutt. - Missouri Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes montigenum]]'' McClat.
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*''[[Ribes moupinense]]'' Franch.
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*''[[Ribes multiflorum]]'' Kit.
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*''[[Ribes nevadense]]'' Kellogg - Sierra Currant
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*''[[Ribes nigrum]]'' L. - [[Blackcurrant]]
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*''[[Ribes niveum]]'' Lindl.
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*''[[Ribes odoratum]]'' H.L.Wendl. - Buffalo Currant
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*''[[Ribes orientale]]'' Desf.
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*''[[Ribes oxyacanthoides]]'' L. - American Mountain Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes petiolare]]'' Fisch.
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*''[[Ribes petraeum]]'' Wulf.
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*''[[Ribes pinetorum]]'' Greene
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*''[[Ribes procumbens]]'' Pall.
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*''[[Ribes pulchellum]]'' Turcz.
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*''[[Ribes quercetorum]]'' Greene
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*''[[Ribes roezlii]]'' Reg. - Sierra Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes rotundifolium]]'' Michx.
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*''[[Ribes rubrum]]'' L. - [[Redcurrant]]
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*''[[Ribes sanguineum]]'' Pursh - Flowering Currant
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*''[[Ribes setosum]]'' Lindl.
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*''[[Ribes silvestre]]'' (Lam.) Mert. & Koch (syn. ''R. sativum'')
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*''[[Ribes speciosum]]'' Pursh - Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry
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*''[[Ribes spicatum]]'' Robson - Nordic Redcurrant
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*''[[Ribes stenocarpum]]'' Maxim.
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*''[[Ribes tenue]]'' Jancz.
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*''[[Ribes triste]]'' Pall. - [[Northern Redcurrant]] or Swamp Redcurrant
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*''[[Ribes ussuriense]]'' Jancz.
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*''[[Ribes uva-crispa]]'' L. (syn. ''R. grossularia'') - [[Gooseberry]]
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*''[[Ribes viburnifolium]]'' A.Gray
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*''[[Ribes vilmorinii]]'' Jancz.
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*''[[Ribes viscosissimum]]'' Pursh
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*''[[Ribes warszewiczii]]'' Jancz.
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*''[[Ribes wolfii]]'' Rothr.
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*[http://www.uga.edu/fruit/ribes.htm Entry on ''Ribes'' at Mark Rieger's UGa fruit crops site]
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