For the commune of the Ardèche in southern France

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, see Ribes, Ardèche

Ribes, Ardèche

Ribes is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France....

.

Ribes icon is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of about 150 species of flowering plants native throughout the temperate

Temperate

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 regions of the Northern Hemisphere

Northern Hemisphere

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. It is usually treated as the only genus in the family Grossulariaceae. Seven subgenera

Subgenus

In biology, a subgenus is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.In zoology, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the generic name and the specific epithet: e.g. the Tiger Cowry of the Indo-Pacific, Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, which...

 are recognized.

Sometimes Ribes is instead included in the family Saxifragaceae

Saxifragaceae

Saxifragaceae is a plant family with about 460 known species in 36 genera. In Europe there are 12 genera.The flowers are hermaphroditic and actinomorphic...

. A few taxonomists place the gooseberry

Gooseberry

The gooseberry or ; Ribes uva-crispa, syn. R. grossularia) is a species of Ribes, native to Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia...

 species in a separate genus of Grossularia.

Food

Ribes includes the currants, including the edible currants (blackcurrant

Blackcurrant

Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum, is a species of Ribes berry native to central and northern Europe and northern Asia, and is a perennial....

, redcurrant

Redcurrant

The redcurrant , Ribes rubrum, is a member of the genus Ribes in the gooseberry family Grossulariaceae, native to parts of western Europe...

 and whitecurrant), gooseberries

Gooseberry

The gooseberry or ; Ribes uva-crispa, syn. R. grossularia) is a species of Ribes, native to Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia...

, and many ornamental plant

Ornamental plant

Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...

s. The Ribes currant should not be confused with the Zante currant

Zante currant

The Zante currant , or currant are dried berries of small, sweet, seedless grape variety Black Corinth . The name comes from the Anglo-French phrase "raisins de Corinthe" and the Ionian island of Zakynthos , which was once the major producer and exporter...

 grape

Grape

A grape is a non-climacteric fruit, specifically a berry, that grows on the perennial and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, molasses and grape seed oil. Grapes are also...

. The Jostaberry

Jostaberry

The jostaberry is a complex-cross fruit bush in the Ribes genus. The scientific name is variously Ribes nidigrolaria, or Ribes x nidigrolaria, or Ribes x culverwellii, or Ribes nigrum x uva-crispa...

 is a gooseberry/blackcurrant hybrid.

Currants are used as food plants by the larva

Larva

A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...

e of some Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

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-Butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 species.

• see List of Lepidoptera that feed on currants.

Medicinal

Blackfoot Indians used blackcurrant root (Ribes hudsonianum

Ribes hudsonianum

Ribes hudsonianum is a species of currant, known by the common name northern black currant. The species is divided into two varieties, each known simultaneously as northern black currants, and by their own individual common, and scientific names; the type variety,...

) for the treatment of kidney diseases and menstrual and menopausal problems. Cree Indians used the fruit of Ribes glandulosum as a fertility enhancer to assist women in becoming pregnant.

Currant root and seeds are high in gamma-Linolenic acid

Gamma-Linolenic acid

γ-Linolenic acid is a fatty acid found primarily in vegetable oils...

 (GLA). GLA has been clinically verified as an effective treatment for pre-menstrual syndrome.

Cultivation

Many are grown as ornamental plant

Ornamental plant

Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...

s by the horticulture

Horticulture

Horticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...

 trade and used in conventional landscape

Landscape

Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of...

s and native plant

Native plant

Native plant is a term to describe plants endemic or naturalized to a given area in geologic time.This includes plants that have developed, occur naturally, or existed for many years in an area...

 habitat gardens.

There are restrictions on growing some Ribes species in some U.S. state

U.S. state

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s, as they are a host for White Pine Blister Rust.

Selected species

• Ribes acerifolium T.J Howell
  Maple Currant, Mapleleaf Currant
• Ribes achurjani Mulk.
• Ribes aciculare Sm.
  Needle-spined Gooseberry
• Ribes acidum Turcz. ex Pojark.
• Ribes acuminatum Wall. ex G.Don
• Ribes affine Kunth
• Ribes albifolium Ruiz & Pav.
• Ribes albinervium Michx.
• Ribes alpestre Wall. ex Decne.
• Ribes alpestris (Decne) A.Berger
  Hedge Gooseberry
• Ribes alpinum
  Ribes alpinum
  Ribes alpinum, or Alpine Currant, is a small deciduous shrub native to central and northern Europe from Finland and Norway south to the Alps and Pyrenees; in the south of its range, it is confined to high altitudes...
  
  L.
  Alpine Currant
• Ribes altamirani Jancz.
• Ribes altissimum Turcz. ex Pojark.
  Tall Currant
• Ribes amarum
  Ribes amarum
  Ribes amarum is a species of currant known by the common name Bitter gooseberry. It is endemic to California, where it is known from mountains, foothills, and canyons in the central and southwestern parts of the state. Its habitat includes chaparral....
  
  McClatchie
  Bitter Gooseberry
• Ribes ambiguum Maxim.
• Ribes americanum Mill.
  American Blackcurrant, Wild Blackcurrant
• Ribes amictum Greene
• Ribes andicola Jancz.
• Ribes aridum Greene
• Ribes armenum Pojark.
• Ribes ascendens Eastw.
• Ribes atropurpureum C.A.Mey.
• Ribes aucheziense Jancz.
• Ribes aureum
  Ribes aureum
  Ribes aureum Pursh is a species of small to medium-sized deciduous shrubs 2 to 3 meters tall in the genus Ribes...
  
  Pursh
  Buffalo Currant, Clove Currant, Golden Currant
• Ribes austroecuadorense
  Ribes austroecuadorense
  Ribes austroecuadorense is a species of plant in the Grossulariaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.-Source:...
  
  Freire-Fierro
• Ribes bethmontii Jancz.
• Ribes binominatum
  Ribes binominatum
  Ribes binominatum is a species of currant known by the common names trailing gooseberry and ground gooseberry. It is native to the Klamath Mountains and adjacent ranges in far northern California and southern Oregon, where it grows in higher-elevation forests and meadows. It is a low, spreading...
  
  A.Heller
  Ground Gooseberry
• Ribes bracteosum
  Ribes bracteosum
  Ribes bracteosum is a species of currant native to western coastal North America.It is a deciduous shrub, without thorns, growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are 5-20 cm broad, palmately lobed with five to seven lobes...
  
  Douglas ex Hook.
  Californian Blackcurrant, Stink Currant, Stinky Currant
• Ribes burejense F.Schmidt
• Ribes californicum
  Ribes californicum
  Ribes californicum, with the common name Hillside gooseberry, is a native species of currant. It is endemic to California, where it can be found throughout many of the California Coast, Transverse, and Peninsular Ranges in local habitat types such as chaparral and woodlands.-Description:Ribes...
  
  Hook. & Arn.
  Hillside Gooseberry, California Gooseberry, Monterey Gooseberry
• Ribes canthariforme
  Ribes canthariforme
  Ribes canthariforme is a rare species of currant known by the common name Moreno currant. It is endemic to San Diego County, California, where it can be found only in the Peninsular Ranges around the Laguna Mountains and surrounding slopes. It is a member of the local chaparral plant community...
  
  Wiggins
  Moreno Currant
• Ribes cereum
  Ribes cereum
  Ribes cereum is a species of currant known by the common names wax currant and squaw currant...
  
  Douglas
  Squaw Currant, Wax Currant, White Field Currant, Whiskey Currant
• Ribes ciliatum Humb. & Bonpl.
• Ribes coloradense Cov.
  Colorado Currant
• Ribes cruentum Greene
  Shinyleaf Currant, Oregon Currant
• Ribes curvatum Small
  Granite Gooseberry
• Ribes cynosbati L.
  Prickly Gooseberry, Eastern Prickly Gooseberry, Dogberry, Dog Bramble
• Ribes diacanthum Pall.
  Siberian Currant
• Ribes dikuscha Fisch. ex Turcz.
• Ribes distans Jancz.
  Scarlet Currant
• Ribes divaricatum
  Ribes divaricatum
  Ribes divaricatum is a species of currant with three accepted varieties, and known by several common names, found in the forests, woodlands, and coastal scrub of western North America from British Columbia to California.-Varieties:...
  
  Douglas
  Spreading Gooseberry, Wild Gooseberry, Coast Gooseberry, Coastal Black Gooseberry, Parish's Gooseberry
• Ribes echinellum
  Ribes echinellum
  Miccosukee gooseberry is a rare shrub which has only three known populations. The Florida population was discovered first, in 1924 at Lake Miccosukee...
  
  (Cov.) Rehder
  Miccosukee Gooseberry
• Ribes emodense Rehder
  Smooth Rock Currant
• Ribes erythrocarpum Coville & Leiberg
  Crater Lake Currant
• Ribes fasciculatum Siebold & Zucc.
  Japanese Currant
• Ribes floridum L'Hér..
• Ribes fragrans Pall.
  Fragrant-flowered Gooseberry, Sweet-flowered Gooseberry
• Ribes fuscescens (Jancz.) Jancz.
• Ribes futurum Jancz.
• Ribes gardonianum Lem.
• Ribes gayanum (Spach) Steud.
  Leather-leaved Gooseberry
• Ribes giraldii Jancz.
• Ribes glabricalycinum L.T.Lu
• Ribes glabrifolium L.T.Lu
• Ribes glaciale Wallich
  Glacier Currant
• Ribes glanduliferum A.Heller
• Ribes glandulosum
  White currant
  The white currant , sometimes called the pink or yellow currant, is a member of the genus Ribes. The flowers are a pale yellow-green, maturing into translucent berries with a pink to white hue.- White and red :...
  
   Grauer ex Weber
  White currant, Skunk Currant, Fetid Currant
• Ribes glaucescens Eastw.
• Ribes glutinosum Benth.
• Ribes gongshanense T.C.Ku
• Ribes goodingii M.E.Peck
• Ribes gracile Michx.
• Ribes grande Rose
• Ribes grantii A.Heller
• Ribes graveolens Bunge.
• Ribes greeneianum A.Heller
• Ribes griffithii Hook.f. & Thomson
• Ribes grossularia L.
  [ Synon. of R.uva-crispa ]
• Ribes grossularioides Maxim.
  Japanese Gooseberry, Catberry
• Ribes guangxiense C.Z.Gao
• Ribes hallii Jancz.
• Ribes haoi C.Y.Yang & Han
• Ribes hartwegianum Jancz.
• Ribes hendersonii C.L.Hitchc.
• Ribes henryi Franch.
• Ribes hesperium McClatchie
• Ribes heterotrichum C.A.Mey.
• Ribes himalense Royle ex Decne.
• Ribes hirtellum Michx.
  North American Gooseberry, Hairystem Gooseberry, Currant Gooseberry
• Ribes hirticaule J.F.Macbr.
• Ribes hirtum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
• Ribes hispidulum (Jancz.) Pojark.
• Ribes hittellianum Eastw.
• Ribes holocericeum Otto & A.Dietr.
• Ribes horridum Rupr.
  Thorny Currant
• Ribes houghtonianum Jancz.
• Ribes howellii Greene
• Ribes hudsonianum
  Ribes hudsonianum
  Ribes hudsonianum is a species of currant, known by the common name northern black currant. The species is divided into two varieties, each known simultaneously as northern black currants, and by their own individual common, and scientific names; the type variety,...
  
  Richards
  Northern Blackcurrant, Hudson Bay Currant, Western Blackcurrant
• Ribes humile
  Ribes humile
  Ribes humile, is a tufted, dioecious shrub native to China, namely in Sichuan province. It is found along the sides of roads in montane woods and thickets, at 1000-3300 meters above sea-level....
  
  Jancz.
• Ribes hunanense Chang Y.Yang & C.J.Qi
• Ribes huronense Rydb.
• Ribes hysterix Eastw.
• Ribes incarnatum Wedd.
• Ribes incertum J.F.Macbr.
• Ribes indecorum
  Ribes indecorum
  Ribes indecorum is a species of currant known by the common name white-flowered currant. It is native to the Coast Ranges of California from around Santa Barbara County south into northern Baja California, where it grows in local habitat such as chaparral and coastal sage scrub.It is an erect shrub...
  
  Eastw.
  White-flowered Currant
• Ribes inebrians Lindl.
• Ribes inerme
  Ribes inerme
  Ribes inerme is a species of currant known by the common name whitestem gooseberry. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to the Rocky Mountains, The less common R. inerme var. klamathense, known as Klamath gooseberry, is confined to the states of California and...
  
  Rydb.
  Whitestem Gooseberry, Klamath Gooseberry
• Ribes integrifolium Phil.
• Ribes intermedium Tausch
• Ribes irriguum Douglas
• Ribes janczewskii Pojark.
• Ribes japonicum Maxim.
  Japanese Blackcurrant, Thornless Blackcurrant
• Ribes jessoniae Stapf.
• Ribes jorullense Kunth
• Ribes kansuense K.S.Hao
• Ribes kialanum Jancz.
• Ribes koehneanum Jancz.
• Ribes kolymense (Trautv.) Kom.
• Ribes komarovii Pojark.
• Ribes kunthii Berland.
• Ribes laciniatum Hook.f. & Thomson
• Ribes lacustre
  Ribes lacustre
  The shrub Ribes lacustre is known by the common names prickly currant, swamp gooseberry, and black gooseberry. It is widely distributed, from California to Alaska and across North America to Pennsylvania and Newfoundland....
  
  (Pers.) Poir.
  Black Gooseberry, Prickly Currant, Black Swamp Gooseberry
• Ribes lasianthum
  Ribes lasianthum
  Ribes lasianthum is a species of currant known by the common name alpine gooseberry. It is native to California, where it can be found in the San Gabriel Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, its distribution extending just into Nevada. It grows in high mountain habitat, often in open areas. It is a...
  
  Greene
  Alpine Gooseberry
• Ribes latifolium Jancz.
  Broadleaf Currant
• Ribes laurifolium Jancz.
  Evergreen Currant
• Ribes laxiflorum
  Ribes laxiflorum
  Ribes laxiflorum is a species of currant known by the common names trailing black currant, and spreading currant. It is native to western North America from Alaska and northeastern Canada to far northern California to Colorado and New Mexico; it is also known from Siberia...
  
  Pursh
  Trailing Blackcurrant
• Ribes lehmannii
  Ribes lehmannii
  Ribes lehmannii is a species of plant in the Grossulariaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-Source:* Freire-Fierro, A. & Pitman,...
  
  Jancz.
• Ribes leiobotrys Koehne
• Ribes lentum (M.E.Jones) Coville & Rose
• Ribes leptanthum
  Ribes leptanthum
  Ribes leptanthum is a spiny-stemmed, small-leaved species of gooseberry in the genus Ribes commonly called Trumpet Gooseberry. It is native to Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah, where it is usually found in high-altitude canyons....
  
  A.Gray
  Trumpet Gooseberry
• Ribes leptosma (Coville) Fedde
• Ribes leptosmum (Coville) Standl.
• Ribes leucoderme A.Heller
• Ribes lindeni Jancz.
• Ribes liouanum Kitag.
• Ribes lioui C.Wang & Chang Y.Yang
• Ribes lobbii
  Ribes lobbii
  Ribes lobbii is a shrubby, deciduous, shade-intolerant perennial dicot found on the western coast of North America. It was first described in 1876 by Asa Gray...
  
  A.Gray
  Gummy Gooseberry
• Ribes longeracemosum Franch.
  Tibet Thornless Blackcurrant
• Ribes longiflorum Nutt.
• Ribes lucarense Phil.
• Ribes luridum Hook. & Thoms.
  Purple Currant
• Ribes luteynii Weigend
• Ribes macrobotrys Ruiz & Pav.
• Ribes macrocalyx Hance
• Ribes macrostachyum Jancz.
• Ribes magellanicum Poir.
• Ribes malvaceum
  Ribes malvaceum
  Ribes malvaceum, called chaparral currant, is a member of the Grossulariaceae . It is native to California and northern Baja California, where it occurs below 1500 m in chaparral, foothill oak woodland, and closed-cone pine forest.Less than 2 meters tall, this perennial shrub lacks the...
  
  Sm.
  Chaparral Currant
• Ribes malvifolium Pojark.
• Ribes mandschuricum (Maxim.) Komarov
  Manchurian Redcurrant
• Ribes mariposanum Congdon
• Ribes marshallii
  Ribes marshallii
  Ribes marshallii is a species of currant known by the common names Hupa gooseberry and Marshall's gooseberry. It is endemic to the Klamath Mountains of southern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in mountain coniferous forests. It is a shrub producing arching stems 1 to 2 meters long...
  
  Greene
  Hupa Gooseberry
• Ribes maximowiczianum Kom.
• Ribes maximowiczii Batal.
• Ribes melananthum Boiss. & Hohen.
• Ribes melancholicum Siev. ex Pall.
• Ribes menziesii
  Ribes menziesii
  Ribes menziesii is a species of currant found only in California and Oregon. There are five to six varieties of the species found across the low elevation mountains of California, especially the Coast Ranges, and the coastal canyons and foothills, into southern Oregon...
  
  Pursh
  Canyon Gooseberry, Menzies' Gooseberry
• Ribes mescalerium Coville
  Mescalero Currant
• Ribes mexicanum Spreng.
• Ribes meyeri Maxim.
  Meyer's Currant
• Ribes micranthum Phil.
• Ribes microphyllum Kunth
• Ribes migratorium Suksd.
• Ribes missouriense
  Ribes missouriense
  Ribes missouriense, The Missouri gooseberry or Missouri currant, is a prickly, many-stemmed shrub native to the U.S. State of Missouri and to adjoining parts of Kansas and Arkansas...
  
  Nutt.
  Missouri Gooseberry
• Ribes mogollonicum Greene
• Ribes molle (A.Gray) Howell
• Ribes montanum Howell
• Ribes monticola K.Koch
• Ribes montigenum
  Ribes montigenum
  Ribes montigenum is a species of currant known by the common names mountain gooseberry, alpine prickly currant, and gooseberry currant. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to New Mexico, where it grows in high mountain habitat types in subalpine and alpine...
  
  McClat.
  Gooseberry Currant
• Ribes moupinense Franch.
• Ribes multiflorum Kit.
  Manyflower Currant
• Ribes nanophyllum Freire-Fierro & L.Endara
• Ribes neglectum Rose
• Ribes nelsonii Coville & Rose
• Ribes nemorosum Phil.
• Ribes nevadense
  Ribes nevadense
  Ribes nevadense is a species of currant known by the common names Sierra currant and mountain pink currant.-Distribution:...
  
  Kellogg
  Sierra Currant, Jaeger's Currant, Nevada Currant
• Ribes nigrum
  Blackcurrant
  Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum, is a species of Ribes berry native to central and northern Europe and northern Asia, and is a perennial....
  
   L.
  Blackcurrant, European Blackcurrant
• Ribes nitidissima Neger.
• Ribes niveum Lindl.
  Snow Gooseberry, Slender-branched Gooseberry
• Ribes non-scriptum (A.Berger) Standl.
• Ribes occidentale Hook. & Arn.
• Ribes odoratissimum M.McMahon ex True
• Ribes odoratum H.L.Wendl.
  [ Synon. of R.aureum ]
• Ribes oligacanthum Eastw.
• Ribes orientale Desf.
  Siberian Currant
• Ribes orizabae Rose
• Ribes ovalifolium Jancz.
• Ribes ovallei Phil.
• Ribes oxyacanthoides L.
  American Mountain Gooseberry, Canadian Gooseberry, Stream Gooseberry, Henderson's Gooseberry, Idaho Gooseberry
• Ribes pachyadenium Hand.-Mazz.
• Ribes pachysandroides Oliv.
• Ribes palczewskii (Jancz.) Pojark.
  Palczjewski's Ribes
• Ribes pallidiflorum
  Ribes pallidiflorum
  Ribes pallidiflorum is a species in the genus Ribes native to the far east, from northeastern China to Russia ....
  
  Pojark.
• Ribes palmeri Vasey & Rose
• Ribes panctatum Ruiz & Pav.
• Ribes parishii A.Heller
• Ribes parviflorum Wedd.
• Ribes parvifolium Phil.
• Ribes parvulum (A.Gray) Rydb.
• Ribes pauciflorum Turcz. ex Pojark.
  Few-flowered Ribes
• Ribes pensylvanicum Lam.
• Ribes pentlandii Britton
• Ribes peruvianum Jancz.
• Ribes petiolare Fisch.
• Ribes petraeum Wulf.
  Rock Currant, Rock Redcurrant, Bieberstein's Rock Currant
• Ribes pinetorum Greene
  Orange Currant
• Ribes polyanthum Phil.
• Ribes polystachyum A.Berger
• Ribes praecox J.F.Macbr.
• Ribes pringlei Rose
• Ribes procumbens Pall.
  Trailing Redcurrant
• Ribes propinquum Turcz.
• Ribes pseudofasciculatum K.S.Hao
• Ribes pulchellum Turcz.
• Ribes purpurascens A.Heller
• Ribes purpusii Koehne ex Blank.
• Ribes quercetorum
  Ribes quercetorum
  Ribes quercetorum is a species of currant known by the common names rock gooseberry and oak gooseberry. It is native to the mountains and hills of California from the San Francisco Bay Area south into Baja California and east into Arizona, where it grows in woodlands, chaparral, and dry desert...
  
  Greene
  Rock Gooseberry
• Ribes reclinatum L.
• Ribes recurvatum Michx.
• Ribes reniforme Nutt.
• Ribes repens A.I.Baranov
• Ribes roezlii
  Ribes roezlii
  Ribes roezlii is a species of currant known by the common name Sierra gooseberry.-Distribution:It is native to many of the mountain ranges of California, its distribution extending just into Nevada and north into Oregon...
  
  Reg.
  Sierra Gooseberry, Roezl's Gooseberry
• Ribes rosthornii Diels
• Ribes rotundifolium Michx.
  Appalachian Gooseberry, Round-leaved Gooseberry
• Ribes rubrisepalum L.T.Lu
• Ribes rubrum
  Redcurrant
  The redcurrant , Ribes rubrum, is a member of the genus Ribes in the gooseberry family Grossulariaceae, native to parts of western Europe...
  
   L.
  Redcurrant
• Ribes rugosum Coville & Rose
• Ribes ruizii Rehder.
• Ribes sachalinense (F.Schmidt) Nakai
• Ribes sanguineum
  Ribes sanguineum
  Ribes sanguineum is a species of currant native to western coastal North America from central British Columbia south to central California.-Description:...
  
  Pursh
  Flowering Currant, Redflower Currant, Blood Currant, Sticky Blood Currant, Blackseed Blood Currant, Winter Currant
• Ribes sardoum
  Ribes sardoum
  Ribes sardoum, commonly called Sardinian Currant, is a species of plant in the Grossulariaceae family. It is endemic to Italy, only occuring on the island of Sardinia.-Distribution:...
  
  Martelli
  Sardinian Currant
• Ribes sativum Syme
  [ Synon. of R.silvestre ]
• Ribes saxatile Pall.
• Ribes saximontanum E.E.Nelson
• Ribes saxosum Hook.
• Ribes scandicum Hedl.
• Ribes scuphamii Eastw.
• Ribes senile (Coville) Standl.
• Ribes sericeum
  Ribes sericeum
  Ribes sericeum is a species of currant known by the common name Lucia gooseberry, or Santa Lucia gooseberry; its Latin epithet of sericeum means "of silk"...
  
  Eastw.
  Lucia Gooseberry
• Ribes setchuense Jancz.
• Ribes setosum Lindl.
  Missouri Currant
• Ribes silvestre (Lam.) Mert. & Koch
  Woodland Currant
• Ribes sinanense F.Maek.
  Chinese Gooseberry
• Ribes soulieanum Jancz.
• Ribes spathianum Koehne
• Ribes speciosum
  Ribes speciosum
  Ribes speciosum is a species of gooseberry with elongate, red flowers that resemble those of fuchsia; its common name is fuchsia-flowered gooseberry...
  
  Pursh
  Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry
• Ribes spicatum Robson
  Nordic Redcurrant, Nordic Currant, Downy Currant
• Ribes stanfordii Elmer
• Ribes steinbachiorum Weigend & Binder
• Ribes stenocarpum Maxim.
  Narrow-fruited Currant
• Ribes subvestitum Hook. & Arn.
• Ribes sucheziense Jancz.
• Ribes suksdorfii A.Heller
• Ribes takare D.Don
• Ribes tenue Jancz.
• Ribes tenuiflorum Lindl.
• Ribes texense (Coville & A.Berger) Standl.
• Ribes thacherianum
  Ribes thacherianum
  Ribes thacherianum, with the common name Santa Cruz gooseberry, or Santa Cruz Island gooseberry, is an uncommon species of currant.-Description:...
  
  (Jeps.) Munz
• Ribes tianquanense S.H.Yu & J.M.Xu
• Ribes tolimense Cuatrec.
• Ribes tortuosum Benth.
• Ribes tricuspe Nakai
• Ribes trifidum Michx.
• Ribes trilobum Meyen.
• Ribes tripartitum Batalin
• Ribes triste
  Northern Redcurrant
  Ribes triste, known as the northern redcurrant, swamp redcurrant, or wild redcurrant, is a shrub in the flowering plant family Grossulariaceae, native to northern North America in Alaska, Canada, and the United States south to Oregon and Virginia...
  
   Pall.
  Northern Redcurrant or Swamp Redcurrant, Wild Redcurrant
• Ribes tularense
  Ribes tularense
  Ribes tularense is a rare species of currant known as the Sequoia gooseberry or Tulare gooseberry. It is endemic to Tulare County, California, where it is known from only about ten occurrences in the forests of the High Sierra Nevada. This is a low, spiny shrub with hairy branches and hairy,...
  
  (Coville) Fedde.
  Tulare Gooseberry
• Ribes turbinatum Pojark.
• Ribes uniflorum T.C.Ku
• Ribes urceolatum Tausch
• Ribes ussuriense Jancz.
  Korean Blackcurrant
• Ribes utile Jancz.
• Ribes uva-crispa
  Gooseberry
  The gooseberry or ; Ribes uva-crispa, syn. R. grossularia) is a species of Ribes, native to Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia...
  
   L.
  Gooseberry, Wild Gooseberry, European Gooseberry, English Gooseberry
• Ribes valdivianum Phil.
• Ribes valicola Greene ex Rydb.
• Ribes van-fleetianum (A.Berger) Standl.
• Ribes velutinum
  Ribes velutinum
  Ribes velutinum is a species of currant known by the common name desert gooseberry. It is native to the western United States , where it grows in many types of habitat, including sagebrush, woodlands, and pine forests. R. v. var...
  
  Greene
  Desert Gooseberry, Gooding's Gooseberry
• Ribes viburnifolium
  Ribes viburnifolium
  Ribes viburnifolium, is known by the common names Evergreen currant and Island gooseberry.-Distribution:Ribes viburnifolium is found in Southern California in the United States, especially on Santa Catalina Island in the Channel Islands, and into northern Baja California in Mexico. It is a rare...
  
  A.Gray
  Island Gooseberry
• Ribes victoris
  Ribes victoris
  Ribes victoris is an uncommon species of currant known by the common name Victor's gooseberry. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the chaparral and woods of canyons in the San Francisco Bay Area and counties just to the north....
  
  Greene
  Victor's Gooseberry
• Ribes vilmorinii Jancz.
• Ribes villosum Wall. ex Roxb.
• Ribes viscosissimum
  Ribes viscosissimum
  Ribes viscosissimum is a species of currant known by the common name sticky currant. It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta to California to Colorado, where it grows in mountain forests, streambanks, and plateau sagebrush...
  
  Pursh
  Sticky Currant
• Ribes viscosum Ruiz & Pav.
• Ribes vitifolium Host
• Ribes vulgare Lam.
• Ribes warszewiczii Jancz.
  Downy Currant
• Ribes watkinsii Eastw.
• Ribes watsonianum Koehne
  Spring Gooseberry
• Ribes weberbaueri Jancz.
• Ribes weddellianum Jancz.
• Ribes wolfii Rothr.
  Wolf's Currant
• Ribes xizangense L.T.Lu

External links

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