This list of Ribes species shows many of the approximately 200 accepted species in the plant genus Ribes, the single genus in the Saxifragales family Grossulariaceae.[1] Traditionally, these have been divided into a number of subgenera, such as subgenus Ribes (currants) and subgenus Grossularia (gooseberries).[2]

Subgenus Ribes L.

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Section Berisia Spach

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This section comprises Alpine currants, dioecious species distributed through Eurasia

Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution
Ribes achurjani Mulk. Armenia
Ribes acuminatum Wall. ex G.Don India
Ribes armenum Pojark. South Caucasus
    Ribes alpinum L. – alpine currant northern Europe from Finland and Norway south to the Alps and Pyrenees and Caucasus, Georgia
  Ribes diacanthum Pall. – Siberian currant (Russia, Mongolia, Korea, northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia)
Ribes giraldii Jancz. China (E Gansu, Liaoning, Shaanxi, SW Shanxi.)
Ribes glabricalycinum L.T.Lu China (Sichuan)
Ribes glabrifolium L.T.Lu China (W Hubei, S Shaanxi)
  Ribes glaciale Wallich – glacier currant China (SE Gansu, Henan, W Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan), Bhutan, N India, Kashmir, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim
Ribes henryi Franch. China (W. Sichuan, Hubei)
  Ribes heterotrichum C.A.Mey. Central Asia to Mongolia and N. Pakistan.
Ribes humile Jancz. China (Sichuan)
Ribes hunanense Chang Y.Yang & C.J.Qi China ( Guangxi, Hunan)
Ribes kialanum Jancz. China (W. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan)
  Ribes komarovii Pojark. Russian Far East, northern and central China, North Korea
  Ribes laurifolium Jancz. – evergreen currant China (W. Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan) to Myanmar.
Ribes luridum Hook. & Thoms. – purple currant Nepal to China (W. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan)
    Ribes maximowiczii Batal. – common Korean currant[3] China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, E Liaoning),Japan, Korea, Russia
Ribes melananthum Boiss. & Hohen. Iran
  Ribes orientale Desf. – Siberian currant China (W Sichuan, Xizang, NW Yunnan),Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Russia; SW Asia, SE Europe
  Ribes saxatile Pall. China (Xinjiang), Russia
Ribes takare D.Don China, Bhutan, N India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim
Ribes tianquanense S.H.Yu & J.M.Xu China (Sichuan)
Ribes pseudofasciculatum K.S.Hao China (Xizhang, Sichuan, Qinghai)
Ribes pulchellum Turcz. S. Siberia to N. China.
Ribes rubrisepalum L.T.Lu China (Gansu, S Shaanxi, W Sichuan, NW Yunnan.)
Ribes tenue Jancz. China ( E Gansu, W Henan, W Hubei, NW Hunan, SW Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan)
Ribes vilmorinii Jancz. China (Hebei, W Sichuan, NW Yunnan.)
Ribes xizangense L.T.Lu China (Xizang)

Section Calobotrya (Spach) Jancz.

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This section comprises North American species commonly known as ornamental currants

Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution
Ribes brandegeei Eastw. Mexico
  Ribes canthariforme Wiggins – Moreno currant California
    Ribes cereum Douglas – Squaw currant, wax currant, white field currant, whiskey currant British Columbia, Alberta, and much of the western United States, from Washington, Oregon, and California east as far as the western Dakotas and the Oklahoma Panhandle
Ribes ceriferum Coville & Rose Mexico (Durango and Chihuahua)
  Ribes ciliatum Humb. & Bonpl. Mexico
Ribes dugesii Greenm. Mexico
  Ribes indecorum Eastw. – white-flowered currant Santa Barbara County in California south into northern Baja California.
  Ribes malvaceum Sm. – Chaparral currant California and northern Baja California
Ribes mescalerium Coville – Mescalero currant southeastern New Mexico, western Texas, and the Mexican State of Chihuahua.
Ribes neglectum Rose Mexico
Ribes nelsonii Coville & Rose Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)
    Ribes nevadense Kellogg – Sierra currant, Jaeger's currant, Nevada currant California, Nevada, Oregon
Ribes orizabae Rose Mexico (Veracruz)
Ribes pringlei Rose Central & SW. Mexico.
Ribes grande Rose Mexico (Puebla)
    Ribes sanguineum Pursh – flowering currant, redflower currant, blood currant, sticky blood currant, blackseed blood currant, winter currant western United States and Canada.
Ribes tortuosum Benth. Mexico
    Ribes viscosissimum Pursh – sticky currant United States, Canada
    Ribes wolfii Rothr. – Wolf's currant northern Idaho, northeastern Oregon, and southeastern Washington. Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, Mexico

Section Coreosma (Spach) Jancz.

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This section comprises Eurasian and American black currants

Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution
    Ribes americanum Mill. – American blackcurrant, wild blackcurrant Canada (from Alberta to Nova Scotia) and the northern United States (from New England to Washington, with additional populations in Colorado and New Mexico)
    Ribes bracteosum Douglas ex Hook. – stink currant southeastern Alaska to Mendocino County in California
  Ribes dikuscha Fisch. ex Turcz. Siberia to Russian Far East.
    Ribes hudsonianum Richards – northern blackcurrant, Hudson Bay currant, western blackcurrant Canada, from Quebec westwards; and parts of the United States (Alaska, the Great Lakes region, the northern Rockies, Cascades, Blue Mountains, and other parts of the Northwest)
Ribes janczewskii Pojark. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
    Ribes japonicum Maxim. – Japanese blackcurrant, thornless blackcurrant Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku)
Ribes malvifolium Pojark. Tadzhikistan
    Ribes nigrum L. – Blackcurrant, European blackcurrant northern Europe and northern Asia
  Ribes procumbens Pall. – trailing redcurrant Siberia to N. Korea, Japan (C. Honshu)
  Ribes ussuriense Jancz. – Korean blackcurrant Siberia to N. Korea, Japan (C. Honshu)
    Ribes viburnifolium A.Gray – Island gooseberry Southern California

Section Symphocalyx Berland.

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Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution
    Ribes aureum Pursh – buffalo currant, clove currant, golden currant. Includes well-known cultivar 'Gwen.' Canada, most of the United States (except the southeast) and northern Mexico.

Section Grossularioides ( Jancz.) Rehd.

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This section comprises spiny or Gooseberry-stemmed currants from North America

Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution
    Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poir. – black gooseberry, prickly currant, black swamp gooseberry California to Alaska and across North America east to Pennsylvania and Newfoundland, and south as far as New Mexico.
    Ribes montigenum McClat. – gooseberry currant Washington south to California and east as far as the Rocky Mountains

Section Heritiera Jancz.

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Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution
Ribes erythrocarpum Coville & Leiberg – Crater Lake currant Cascade Mountains in the US State of Oregon
  Ribes acerifolium T.J Howell – maple currant, mapleleaf currant Canadian Province of British Columbia as well as to the northwestern United States (Washington, Idaho, Oregon)
    Ribes glandulosum Grauer ex Weber – skunk currant, fetid currant United States (Alaska, the Great Lakes region, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Northeast)
  Ribes laxiflorum Pursh – trailing blackcurrant from Alaska and Yukon south as far as northern California and New Mexico

Section Parilla Jancz.

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Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution
  Ribes andicola Jancz. Colombia
Ribes albifolium Ruiz & Pav. Peru
Ribes austroecuadorense Freire-Fierro Ecuador
Ribes chachapoyense Weigend & Breitkopf Peru
Ribes colandina Weigend Peru
Ribes contumazensis Weigend Peru
  Ribes costaricense Weigend Costa Rica
  Ribes cucullatum Hook. & Arn. Argentina and Chile
Ribes dombeyanum (Spach) Jancz. Peru
Ribes ecuadorense Jancz. Colombia, Ecuador
Ribes erectum Freire-Fierro Colombia, Ecuador
 |   Ribes fasciculatum Siebold & Zucc. – Japanese currant China, Japan, and Korea,
Ribes hirticaule J.F.Macbr. Peru
Ribes hirtum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Colombia to Ecuador.
Ribes incarnatum Wedd. Peru to W. Bolivia.
Ribes incertum J.F.Macbr. Peru.
Ribes integrifolium Phil. Chile
Ribes lehmannii Jancz. Ecuador.
Ribes luteynii Weigend Ecuador
Ribes macrobotrys Ruiz & Pav. Peru
Ribes macrostachyum Jancz. Peru.
    Ribes magellanicum Jancz. Chile and Argentina
Ribes nanophyllum Freire-Fierro & L.Endara Ecuador
Ribes nitidissima Neger. Chile
Ribes ovalifolium Jancz. Peru
Ribes parvifolium Phil. Chile.
Ribes pentlandii Britton Peru to W. Bolivia
Ribes peruvianum Jancz. Peru.
Ribes polyanthes Phil. Chile.
Ribes praecox J.F.Macbr. Peru
Ribes punctatum Ruiz & Pav. Chile
Ribes ruizii Rehder. Chile
Ribes sanchezii Weigend Peru.
  Ribes sardoum Martelli – Sardinian currant Sardegna
Ribes steinbachiorum Weigend & Binder Bolivia
Ribes sucheziense Jancz. Bolivia
Ribes tolimense Cuatrec. Colombia
Ribes trilobum Meyen. Central & S. Central Chile.
Ribes valdivianum Phil. Chile
Ribes weberbaueri Jancz. Peru

Section Ribes L.

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Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution
  Ribes altissimum Turcz. ex Pojark. – tall currant Mongolia, Russia (Siberia), China (Xinjiang)
  Ribes biebersteinii Berland. ex DC. E. Turkey to NW. Iran.
Ribes griffithii Hook.f. & Thomson Nepal to China (W. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan)
  Ribes himalense Royle ex Decne.– smooth rock currant Pakistan to SW China
Ribes latifolium Jancz. – broadleaf currant China (S. Jilin) to N. Korea, Sakhalin to N. Japan
  Ribes longeracemosum Franch. – Tibet thornless blackcurrant China (Sichuan, Yunnan, W. Hubei).
  Ribes mandshuricum (Maxim.) Kom. Russian Far East to N. & E. Central China and Korea.
    Ribes meyeri Maxim. – Meyer's currant Central Asia to Mongolia and NE. Afghanistan
Ribes moupinense Franch. Central & S. China.
Ribes multiflorum Kit. – manyflower currant Central Italy, Balkan Peninsula to W. Central Turkey
Ribes pallidiflorum Pojark. northeastern China to Russia
    Ribes petraeum Wulf. – rock currant, rock redcurrant, Bieberstein's rock currant Europe
    Ribes rubrum L.redcurrant, white currant Europe
    Ribes sachalinense (F.Schmidt) Nakai Sakhalin to Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku).
Ribes setchuense Jancz. China (Sichuan, SE. Gansu)
    Ribes spicatum Robson – Nordic redcurrant, Nordic currant, downy currant northern Europe and northern Asia
Ribes soulieanum Jancz. Tibet to China (NW. Yunnan).
    Ribes triste Pall. – northern redcurrant or swamp redcurrant, wild redcurrant Canada and the northern United States, as well as in eastern Asia (Russia, China, Korea, Japan)
Ribes turbinatum Pojark. Kazakhstan

Subgenus Grossularia (Mill.) Pers.

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Section Grossularia(Mill.) Nutt.

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Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution
    Ribes aciculare Sm. – needle-spined gooseberry northern China, Siberia.
  Ribes alpestre Wall. ex Decne. from Afghanistan to SW China
  Ribes ambiguum Maxim. China South-Central, Japan
Ribes burejense F.Schmidt China, N Korea, Mongolia, Russia
  Ribes curvatum Small – Granite gooseberry United States (Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama)
    Ribes cynosbati L. – prickly gooseberry, eastern prickly gooseberry, dogberry, dog bramble eastern and central United States and Canada
    Ribes divaricatum Douglas – spreading gooseberry, wild gooseberry, coast gooseberry, coastal black gooseberry, Parish's gooseberry, Worcesterberry[4] western North America from British Columbia to California
  Ribes echinellum (Cov.) Rehder – Miccosukee gooseberry Florida, South Carolina
Ribes formosanum Hayata Taiwan.
Ribes grossularioides Maxim. – Japanese gooseberry, catberry Japan
    Ribes hirtellum Michx. – North American gooseberry, hairystem gooseberry, currant gooseberry Canada and the northern United States
Ribes horridum Rupr. – thorny currant Russian Far East to N. Korea, Japan
  Ribes inerme Rydb. – whitestem gooseberry, Klamath gooseberry British Columbia to California and westward to the Rocky Mountains
    Ribes missouriense Nutt. – Missouri gooseberry north-central United States (Great Lakes, upper Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys)
  Ribes niveum Lindl. – snow gooseberry, slender-branched gooseberry western United States (Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada with isolated populations in Colorado and New Mexico)
  Ribes oxyacanthoides L. – American mountain gooseberry, Canadian gooseberry, stream gooseberry, Henderson's gooseberry, Idaho gooseberry Alaska through much of Canada and the western and north-central United States
  Ribes rotundifolium Michx. – Appalachian gooseberry, round-leaved gooseberry Massachusetts and the Appalachian Mountains south as far as South Carolina and Tennessee
Ribes sinanense F.Maek. – Chinese gooseberry Japan (C. Honshu)
Ribes stenocarpum Maxim. – narrow-fruited currant S. & E. Qinghai to China Gansu, Shaanxi, NW. Sichuan
    Ribes uva-crispa L. – gooseberry, wild gooseberry, European gooseberry, English gooseberry Europe, the Caucasus and northern Africa

Subgenus Hesperia A.Berger

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Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution
Ribes amarum McClatchie – bitter gooseberry California
    Ribes californicum Hook. & Arn. – Hillside gooseberry, California gooseberry, Monterey gooseberry California
Ribes cruentum Greene – shinyleaf currant, Oregon currant California, Oregon
Ribes leptosma (Coville) Fedde California
  Ribes menziesii Pursh – Canyon gooseberry, Menzies' gooseberry California and Oregon
    Ribes roezlii Reg. – Sierra gooseberry, Roezl's gooseberry California, its distribution extending east into Nevada and north into Oregon
Ribes victoris Greene – Victor's gooseberry California

Subgenus Lobbia A. Berger

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Section Lobbia

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Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution
Ribes binominatum A.Heller – ground gooseberry northern California and western Oregon.
Ribes lasianthum Greene – alpine gooseberry California, Nevada
    Ribes leptanthum A.Gray – trumpet gooseberry Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah
  Ribes lobbii A.Gray – gummy gooseberry United States (Siskiyou Mountains, eastern Columbia Gorge, Crater Lake National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park) and British Columbia in Canada
Ribes marshallii Greene – Hupa gooseberry southern Oregon and northern California
Ribes microphyllum Kunth Guatemala, Mexico
Ribes pinetorum Greene – orange currant Arizona and New Mexico.
  Ribes quercetorum Greene – rock gooseberry California
Ribes sericeum Eastw. – Lucia gooseberry California
Ribes tularense (Coville) Fedde. – Tulare gooseberry southern California
    Ribes velutinum Greene – desert gooseberry, Gooding's gooseberry Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, California, and Arizona
  Ribes watsonianum Koehne – spring gooseberry Washington and Oregon.

Section Robsonia Berland.

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Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution
    Ribes speciosum Pursh – fuchsia-flowered gooseberry southern California and Baja California
  Ribes thacherianum (Jeps.) Munz coast of California

Hybrids

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Flowers Fruit Scientific name Parents
Ribes x bethmontii Jancz. Ribes malvaceum x R. sanguineum
Ribes × culverwellii Ribes nigrum x Ribes uva-crispa
Ribes × futurum Jancz. Ribes rubrum × Ribes warszewiczii
Ribes x gonduini Jancz. Ribes petraeum × Ribes rubrum
  Ribes × gordonianum Lem. Ribes odoratum × Ribes sanguineum
Ribes × holocericeum Otto & A.Dietr. Ribes petraeum × Ribes spicatum
Ribes × houghtonianum Jancz. Ribes rubrum × Ribes spicatum
Ribes × koehneanum Jancz. Ribes multiflorum × Ribes rubrum
    Ribes × nidigrolaria Rud.Bauer & A.Bauer – Jostaberry Ribes divaricatum x Ribes uva-crispa
Ribes × van-fleetianum (A.Berger) Standl. Ribes missouriense × Ribes uva-crispa.
Ribes x varoi Blanca Ribes uva-crispa × Ribes petraeum


References

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  1. ^ "Ribes L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ Schultheis, Lisa M.; Donoghue, Michael J. (1 January 2004). "Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of Ribes (Grossulariaceae), with an Emphasis on Gooseberries (subg. Grossularia)" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 29 (1): 77–96. doi:10.1600/036364404772974239. S2CID 85938994.
  3. ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 608. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  4. ^ "Ribes divaricatum". RHS Plants. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 2014-11-04.