Ribes diacanthum, the Siberian currant,[1][2] is an Asian species of currant. It is native to northeastern Asia (Russia, Mongolia, Korea, northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia)).[3] The species is also sparingly naturalised in the Canadian Province of Manitoba, having escaped in the 1940s from an agricultural experiment station near Brandon.[4][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Grossulariaceae |
| Genus: | Ribes |
| Species: | R. diacanthum
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| Binomial name | |
| Ribes diacanthum Pall. 1776
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Ribes diacanthum is a shrub up to 2 meters (80 in) tall, dioecious (with male and female flowers on different plants). Flowers are yellow-green. Fruits are red, spherical, and reportedly good-tasting.[3]
References
edit- ^ Lee, Sangtae; Chang, Kae Sun, eds. (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. p. 607. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Retrieved 7 March 2019 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ NRCS. "Ribes diacanthum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ a b Flora of China, Ribes diacanthum Pallas, 1776. 双刺茶藨子 shuang ci cha biao zi
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2014 state-level distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Ribes diacanthum Pallas 1776
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