Ribes
Genus of flowering plants in the order Saxifragales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the genus of flowering plant. For the commune in southern France, see Ribes, Ardèche. For the region in Catalonia, see Vall de Ribes.
Ribes (/ˈraɪbiːz/)[5] is a genus of about 200 known species of flowering plants, most of them native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.[2] The various species are known as currants or gooseberries, and some are cultivated for their edible fruit or as ornamental plants. Ribes is the only genus in the family Grossulariaceae.
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Ribes | |
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Ribes divaricatum (spreading gooseberry) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Grossulariaceae DC.[1] |
Genus: | Ribes L. |
Type species | |
Ribes rubrum L. | |
Diversity[2] | |
About 200 species | |
Distribution of Ribes species | |
Synonyms[3][4] | |
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