About the genus · Ribes
Ribes 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. More on Wikipedia ›
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Cultivation
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Photographs
Photographs: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (5); peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Related
Other Ribes 77 in the reference
Ribes aciculare Grossulariaceae Photo: CC BY, K.P.
Ribes alpinum Mountain currant Photo: CC0, author not stated
Ribes amarum Grossulariaceae Photo: CC BY, George Williams
Ribes americanum Wild black currant Photo: CC BY, Sam Turner
Ribes aureum Golden currant Photo: CC0, author not stated
Ribes biebersteinii Grossulariaceae Photo: CC BY, Екатерина Кравцова
Ribes bracteosum Stink currant Photo: CC BY, Moe Meikle
Ribes burejense Stinky black currant Photo: CC BY, Jane Charlen
Ribes californicum Hillside gooseberry Photo: CC BY, jayjt
Ribes cereum Wax currant Photo: CC0, author not stated
Ribes ciliatum Grossulariaceae Photo: CC BY, nebrooks all 78 ›Names & registers
Also known as Ribes longeracemosum var. wilsonii. (GBIF Backbone)
The record
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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
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