R. sativum Syme whitecurrant R. rubrum L. redcurrant R. nigrum L. blackcurrant R. grossularia L. Eurasian gooseberry R. hirtellum North American gooseberry R. sanguineum Flowering currant R. tristeNorthern red currant R. echinellum Miccosukee Gooseberry
and about 150 others
The genusRibes of flowering plants is the only one placed in the family Grossulariaceae.
They should not to be confused with the currant, which is a kind of dried grape.
Seven subgenera are recognised. A few taxonomists place the gooseberries in a separate genus, Grossularia, but as they can be hybridised with blackcurrants (the result is called a Jostaberry), this seems inappropriate.
External link
Entry on Ribes at Mark Rieger's UGa fruit crops site (http://www.uga.edu/fruit/ribes.htm)
The family for Ribes, the Grossulariaceae, is an “exception to a rule” of botanical nomenclature.
In most instances, the name of a plant family is based off the name of a valid genus within the family, e.g., Rosaceae and Rosa or Salicaceae and Salix.
However, even though the genus Grossularia is no longer recognized as a separate taxonomic entity, the Grossulariaceae as a family name has been nomenclaturally “conserved” due to (I'm assuming with these) long-standing use of the name and the anticipated disruption a change in the name would cause.
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