Ribes: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Ribes
cultivated Eurasian gooseberry
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Saxifragales Family: Grossulariaceae Genus: Ribes
Species
R. sativum Syme whitecurrant R. rubrum L. redcurrant R. nigrum L. blackcurrant R. grossularia L. Eurasian gooseberry R. hirtellum North American gooseberry R. sanguineum Flowering currant R. triste Northern red currant and about 150 others

The genus Ribes of flowering plants is the only one placed in the family Grossulariaceae.

Ribes includes the currants, including the edible blackcurrant, redcurrant and whitecurrant and many ornamental species. and also the gooseberries.

They should not to be confused with the currant that is a kind of dried grape.

Seven subgenera are recognised. A few taxonomists place the gooseberries in a separate genus, Grossularia, but as they can be hybridised with blackcurrants (the result is called a Jostaberry), this seems inappropriate.