currants and gooseberries
Ribes
Ribes ( RY-beez) is a genus of approximately 200 known species of flowering plants, predominantly native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Ribes is the sole genus in the plant family Grossulariaceae. The genus includes species commonly referred to as redcurrants, blackcurrants, whitecurrants, and gooseberries. Several species are cultivated both for their edible fruit and as ornamental plants in horticulture. Ribes are the main alternate host for white pine blister rust, a fungal pathogen impacting five-needle pines.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Red-flowering Currant
speciesRibes sanguineum
golden currant
speciesRibes aureum
wax currant
speciesRibes cereum
prickly gooseberry
speciesRibes cynosbati
Red Currant
speciesRibes rubrum
swamp currant
speciesRibes lacustre
European gooseberry
speciesRibes uva-crispa
Fuchsiaflower Gooseberry
speciesRibes speciosum
American Black Currant
speciesRibes americanum
Blackcurrant
speciesRibes nigrum
Sierra Gooseberry
speciesRibes roezlii
Missouri Gooseberry
speciesRibes missouriense
Mountain Currant
speciesRibes alpinum
skunk currant
speciesRibes glandulosum
Chaparral Currant
speciesRibes malvaceum
Stink Currant
speciesRibes bracteosum
mountain pink currant
speciesRibes nevadense
Canadian gooseberry
speciesRibes oxyacanthoides
mountain gooseberry
speciesRibes montigenum
hillside gooseberry
speciesRibes californicum
northern redcurrant
speciesRibes triste
sticky currant
speciesRibes viscosissimum
White-flowering Currant
speciesRibes indecorum
Downy Currant
speciesRibes spicatum
spreading gooseberry
speciesRibes divaricatum
Smooth Gooseberry
speciesRibes hirtellum
canyon gooseberry
speciesRibes menziesii
Patagonian wild currant
speciesRibes magellanicum
Trailing Blackcurrant
speciesRibes laxiflorum
Northern Black Currant
speciesRibes hudsonianum
desert gooseberry
speciesRibes velutinum
white-stemmed gooseberry
speciesRibes inerme
Appalachian Gooseberry
speciesRibes rotundifolium
santa catalina island currant
speciesRibes viburnifolium
oak gooseberry
speciesRibes quercetorum
Trumpet gooseberry
speciesRibes leptanthum
gummy gooseberry
speciesRibes lobbii
Wolf's Currant
speciesRibes wolfii
Ribes ciliatum
speciesRibes ciliatum
Ribes formosanum
speciesRibes formosanum
Siberian Currant
speciesRibes diacantha
Ribes punctatum
speciesRibes punctatum
Maple currant
speciesRibes acerifolium
Rock Redcurrant
speciesRibes petraeum
orange gooseberry
speciesRibes pinetorum
Bitter Gooseberry
speciesRibes amarum
Granite Gooseberry
speciesRibes curvatum
Ribes aciculare
speciesRibes aciculare
Crater Lake currant
speciesRibes erythrocarpum
Ribes fasciculatum
speciesRibes fasciculatum
Santa Lucia Gooseberry
speciesRibes sericeum
Ribes mandshuricum
speciesRibes mandshuricum
Ribes biebersteinii
speciesRibes biebersteinii
Ribes andicola
speciesRibes andicola
Ribes hirtum
speciesRibes hirtum
Miccosukee Gooseberry
speciesRibes echinellum
trailing gooseberry
speciesRibes binominatum
Ribes cucullatum
speciesRibes cucullatum
Jostaberry
hybridRibes × nidigrolaria
Ribes sachalinense
speciesRibes sachalinense
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Herbarius
1485 · p.252
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.71
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.344
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.279
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.251
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.249
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.252
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.364
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.364
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.251
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.697
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.793
In the stacks
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