Ribes
cultivated Eurasian gooseberry
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Saxifragales Family: Grossulariaceae Genus: Ribes
Species
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. triste Northern red currant R. echinellum Miccosukee Gooseberry A gooseberry bush with fruit. ... Species Ribes grossularia L. Ribes hirtellum Ribes echinellum The gooseberry is a well-known fruit-bush. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Saxifragales are an order of dicotyledons, typically including the following families: Family Saxifragaceae (saxifrage family) Family Grossulariaceae (gooseberry family) Family Iteaceae Family Pterostemonaceae Family Haloragidaceae Family Gunneraceae (gunnera family) Family Penthoraceae Family Tetracarpaeaceae Family Aphanopetalaceae Family Crassulaceae (orpine family) Family Altingiaceae (sweet gum family) Family Paeoniaceae... For the commune of the Ardèche in southern France, see Ribes, France. ... Species Ribes rubrum The Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum) is a member of the genus Ribes in the gooseberry family Grossulariaceae. ... Binomial name Ribes nigrum L. The blackcurrant is a temperate shrub which produces small edible berries with a high natural vitamin C content, which are very dark purple/blue in colour—almost black—hence the name. ... Species Ribes grossularia L. Ribes hirtellum Ribes echinellum The gooseberry is a well-known fruit-bush. ... Northern red currant (Ribes triste) produces bright red berries without the hairs that some currants have. ... and about 150 others

The genus Ribes of flowering plants is the only one placed in the family Grossulariaceae. See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ...

Ribes includes the currants, including the edible blackcurrant, redcurrant and whitecurrant and many ornamental plants, also the gooseberries. Currants are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Common Emerald, The Spinach, Currant Pug, Brimstone Moth, The Engrailed and Buff Ermine. Binomial name Ribes nigrum L. The blackcurrant is a temperate shrub which produces small edible berries with a high natural vitamin C content, which are very dark purple/blue in colour—almost black—hence the name. ... Species Ribes rubrum The Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum) is a member of the genus Ribes in the gooseberry family Grossulariaceae. ... An ornamental is a plant variety that is grown for its beauty (in its end use), rather than commercial or other value. ... Species Ribes grossularia L. Ribes hirtellum Ribes echinellum The gooseberry is a well-known fruit-bush. ... A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Super Families Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Micropterigoidea Heterobathmioidea Eriocranioidea Acanthopteroctetoidea Lophocoronoidea Neopseustoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Hepialoidea Nepticuloidea Incurvarioidea Palaephatoidea Tischeriodea Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Zygaenoidea Sesioidea Cossoidea Tortricoidea Choreutoida Urodoidea Galacticoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Pterophoroidea Aluctoidea Immoidea Axioidea Hyblaeoidea Thyridoidea Whalleyanoidea Pyraloidea Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Geometroidea Drepanoidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidae Hedyloidea Noctuoidea Families About... Binomial name Hemithea aestivaria Hübner, 1799 The Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. ... Binomial name Eulithis mellinata Fabricius, 1787 The Spinach (Eulithis mellinata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. ... Binomial name Eupithecia assimilata Doubleday, 1856 The Currant Pug (Eupithecia assimilata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. ... Binomial name Opisthograptis luteolata Linnaeus, 1758 The Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. ... Binomial name Ectropis crepuscularia Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 The Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia) is a moth of the family Geometridae. ... Binomial name Spilosoma luteum Hufnagel, 1766 The Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) is a moth of the family Arctiidae. ...

They should not be confused with the Zante currant, which is a kind of dried grape. A Zante currant is a variety of small, sweet, seedless grape named for the Ionian island Zakynthos. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia Vitis...

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. In biology, a subgenus is a taxonomic grade intermediate between genus and species. ... In biology, hybrid has three meanings. ...

External link

• Entry on Ribes at Mark Rieger's UGa fruit crops site