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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the order Saxifragales}}

{{About|the genus of flowering plant|the commune in southern France|Ribes, Ardèche|the region in Catalonia|Vall de Ribes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image=Ribes_divaricatum_5391.JPG

|image_caption=Ribes divaricatum (spreading gooseberry)

|parent_authority=DC.{{sfn|APG IV|2016}}

|taxon=Ribes

|authority=L.

|type_species=Ribes rubrum

|type_species_authority=L.

|diversity=About 200 species

|diversity_ref={{r|powo}}

|diversity_link=List of Ribes species

|range_map=Grossulariaceae Distribution.svg

|range_map_caption=Distribution of Ribes species

|synonyms_ref={{sfn|Morin|2008}}{{eFloras|2|128544|Ribes |last1=Lu |first1=Lingdi |first2=Crinan |last2=Alexander |volume=8}}

|synonyms=*Grossularia Miller

  • Ribesium Medikus

}}

Ribes ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|aɪ|b|iː|z}}){{OED |term=ribes |id=165493}} is a genus of about 200 known species of flowering plants, most of them native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.{{r|powo}} The species may be known as various kinds of currants, such as redcurrants, blackcurrants, and whitecurrants, or as gooseberries, and some are cultivated for their edible fruit or as ornamental plants. Ribes is the only genus in the family Grossulariaceae.

Description

Ribes species are medium shrub-like plants{{Cite book|last=Taylor|first=Ronald J.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25708726|title=Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary|publisher=Mountain Press Pub. Co|year=1994|isbn=0-87842-280-3|edition=rev.|location=Missoula, MT|pages=42|language=en|oclc=25708726|orig-year=1992}} with marked diversity in flowers and fruit.{{sfn|Schultheis |Donoghue|2004}} They have either palmately lobed or compound leaves, and some have thorns. The sepals of the flowers are larger than the petals, and fuse into a tube of saucer shape. The ovary is inferior, maturing into a berry with many seeds.

Taxonomy

Ribes is the single genus in the Saxifragales family Grossulariaceae. Although once included in the broader circumscription of Saxifragaceae sensu lato, it is now positioned as a sister group to Saxifragaceae sensu stricto.{{sfn|Messinger|1995}}

=Subdivision=

First treated on a worldwide basis in 1907,{{sfn|Janczewski|1907}} the infrageneric classification has undergone many revisions,{{sfn|Sinnott|1985}} and even in the era of molecular phylogenetics there has been contradictory evidence.{{sfn|Schultheis |Donoghue|2004}} Although sometimes treated as two separate genera, Ribes and Grossularia (Berger 1924),{{sfn|Berger|1924}} the consensus has been to consider it as a single genus, divided into a number of subgenera, the main ones of which are subgenus Ribes (currants) and subgenus Grossularia (gooseberries), further subdivided into sections.{{sfn|Sinnott|1985}} Janczewski (1907) considered six subgenera and eleven sections.{{sfn|Janczewski|1907}} Berger's twelve subgenera based on two distinct genera (see {{harvtxt|Senters|Soltis|2003}} Table 1) have subsequently been demoted to sections.{{sfn|Messinger|1995}}{{sfn|Schultheis |Donoghue|2004}} Weigend (2007) elevated a number of sections to produce a taxonomy of seven subgenera; Ribes (sections Ribes, Heretiera, Berisia) Coreosma, Calobotrya (sections Calobotrya, Cerophyllum), Symphocalyx, Grossularioides, Grossularia, Parilla.{{sfn|Weigend et al|2002}}{{sfn|Weigend|2007}}

Taxonomy, according to Berger, modified by Sinnott (1985):{{sfn|Messinger|1995}}{{sfn|Schultheis |Donoghue|2004}}

  • Subgenus Ribes L. (currants) 8 sections
  • Section Berisia Spach (alpine currants)
  • Section Calobotrya (Spach) Jancz. (ornamental currants)
  • Section Coreosma (Spach) Jancz. (black currants)
  • Section Grossularioides ( Jancz.) Rehd. (spiny or Gooseberry-stemmed currants)
  • Section Heritiera Jancz. (dwarf or skunk currants)
  • Section Parilla Jancz. (Andine or South American currants)
  • Section Ribes L. (red currants)
  • Section Symphocalyx Berland. (golden currants)
  • Subgenus Grossularia (Mill.) Pers. (Gooseberries) 4 sections
  • Section Grossularia (Mill.) Nutt.
  • Section Robsonia Berland.
  • Section Hesperia A.Berger
  • Section Lobbia A. Berger

Some authors continued to treat Hesperia and Lobbia as subgenera.{{sfn|Messinger et al|1999}}{{sfn|Schultheis |Donoghue|2004}} Early molecular studies suggested that subgenus Grossularia was actually embedded within subgenus Ribes.{{sfn|Senters|Soltis|2003}} Analysis of combined molecular datasets confirms subgenus Grossularia as a monophyletic group, with two main lineages, sect. Grossularia and another clade consisting of glabrous gooseberies, including Hesperia, Lobbia and Robsonia. Other monophyletic groups identified were Calobotrya, Parilla, Symphocalyx and Berisia. However, sections Ribes, Coreosma and Heritiera were not well supported. Consequently, there is insufficient resolution to justify further taxonomic revision.{{sfn|Schultheis |Donoghue|2004}}

=Species=

{{main|List of Ribes species}}

File:Schwarze Johannisbeeren.jpg (Ribes nigrum)]]

File:Ribes rubrum a1.jpg (Ribes rubrum)]]

File:Grossulariaceae Fuchsia flowered Gooseberry Ribes speciosum.jpg (fuchsia-flowered gooseberry)]]

There are around 200 species of Ribes.{{r|powo}} Selected species include:

Distribution and habitat

Ribes is widely distributed through the Northern Hemisphere, and also extending south in the mountainous areas of South America.{{sfn|Schultheis |Donoghue|2004}} Species can be found in meadows or near streams.

Ecology

Currants are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species.

Cultivation

The genus Ribes includes the edible currants: blackcurrant, redcurrant, and white currant, as well as the European gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa, and several hybrid varieties. It should not be confused with the dried currants used in cakes and puddings, which are from the Zante currant, a small-fruited cultivar of the grape Vitis vinifera. Ribes gives its name to the popular blackcurrant cordial Ribena.

The genus also includes the group of ornamental plants collectively known as the flowering currants, for instance, R. sanguineum.

= United States =

There are restrictions on growing some Ribes species in some U.S. states, as they are the main alternate host for white pine blister rust.

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|+ Restrictions on cultivation of Ribes in the United States:

StateRestrictions
Connecticut{{r|ct}}No longer restricted
Delaware{{r|de}}R. aureum and R. nigrum prohibited entirely. Shipment, transport, or propagation of all other Ribes species require a permit.
Maine{{r|me}}Planting or possession of R. nigrum prohibited statewide. All other Ribes species prohibited in certain counties and towns.
MarylandNo restrictions found; state agricultural extension service provides advice on currant and gooseberry culture.{{r|md}}
Massachusetts{{r|ma}}Transport of R. nigrum prohibited throughout the Commonwealth. Other species of Ribes require a permit, with the caveat that permits shall not issue for a list of municipalities that cover most of the Commonwealth.
MichiganR. nigrum prohibited statewide.{{r|mi1}} Other species of Ribes and Grossularia require a permit in the blister rust control area, which includes the entirety of the Upper Peninsula and the northern and western portions of the Lower Peninsula.{{r|mi2}}
New Hampshire{{r|nh}}All Ribes species prohibited without a permit. Permits are sometimes issued for rust-resistant cultivars.{{Cite web |title=White Pine Blister Rust in NH {{!}} NH Division of Forests and Lands |url=https://www.nh.gov/nhdfl/community/forest-health/white-pine-blister-rust-in-nh.htm |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=www.nh.gov |language=en}}
New Jersey{{r|nj}}Possession or transport of R. nigrum requires a permit statewide. Possession or movement of all Ribes and Grossularia species is prohibited in certain municipalities in Sussex, Passaic and Morris Counties. Grossularia and Ribes other than R. nigrum otherwise requires only compliance with general regulations on movement of nursery stock.
New York{{r|ny}}All Ribes species are prohibited in nine counties of the Adirondack Mountains, and in many townships in the Adirondacks and Catskills. R. nigrum is prohibited throughout the state, except that cultivars known to be immune to Cronartium ribicola, the white pine blister rust, may be grown wherever other Ribes species are permitted.
North Carolina{{r|nc}}All Ribes species prohibited. The North Carolina Forest Service maintains an active eradication program for Ribes in the western part of the state.{{r|nc2}}
Ohio{{r|oh}}Possession, transport, planting, propagation, sale or offering for sale of R. nigrum is prohibited. Cultivars known to be immune to Cronartium ribicola, the white pine blister rust, are exempt. The law does not prohibit other Ribes species.
PennsylvaniaPennState Extension states:{{r|pa}} "In 1933, Pennsylvania passed a law that limited growing gooseberries and currants in certain areas; however, the law is not enforced. Therefore, all Ribes can be grown in the state."
Rhode Island{{r|ri}}R. nigrum, R. aureum, and R. odoratum are prohibited throughout the state. Other Ribes species require permits to transport or plant and are forbidden in some municipalities, or within 900 feet of a stand of five-leaved pines one acre or more in extent or a nursery cultivating five-leaved pines.
VermontNew England Small Fruit Management Guide{{r|vt}} asserts that there are "No regulations at present."
Virginia{{r|va}}R. nigrum plants may not be moved to any destination in Virginia.
West Virginia{{r|wv}}R. nigrum plants may not be moved to any destination in West Virginia. Other Ribes species are prohibited in 23 counties.

Uses

A number of species produce edible berries, some of which are categorized as currants and gooseberries.

Blackfoot people used blackcurrant root (Ribes hudsonianum) for the treatment of kidney diseases and menstrual and menopausal problems. The Cree used the fruit of Ribes glandulosum as a fertility enhancer to assist women in becoming pregnant.{{cite book |title=Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West |first=Gregory L. |last=Tilford |date=1997 |publisher=Mountain Press Publishing |place=Missoula |isbn=978-0-87842-359-0}}

European immigrants who settled in North America in the 18th century typically made wine from both red and white currants.{{cite book|last=Kalm|first=Pehr|author-link=Pehr Kalm|title=Travels into North America: containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects |publisher=T. Lowndes |year=1772|location=London|translator=Johann Reinhold Forster |page=[https://archive.org/details/travelsintonorth01kalm_3/page/67/mode/1up 67] |url= |language=en |oclc=1083889360 |isbn=9780665515002 }}

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite web |title=Ribes L. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30002461-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=12 August 2020}}

{{cite web |title=Currant (Ribes) |url=https://portal.ct.gov/CAES/Plant-Pest-Handbook/pphC/Currant-Ribes |website=The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station |publisher=State of Connecticut |access-date=3 August 2021}}

{{cite web |title=803 Rules and Regulations for the Control and Suppression of the White Pine Blister Rust |url=https://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title3/800/803.shtml |website=Delaware General Assembly: Delaware Regulations |publisher=State of Delaware |access-date=3 August 2021}}

{{cite web |title=330 CMR 9.00: Plant quarantines |url=https://www.mass.gov/doc/330-cmr-9-plant-quarantines/download |publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts |access-date=3 August 2021}}

{{cite web |title=Quarantine Information |url=https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/forest_health/quarantine_information.html#wpbr |website=Maine Forest Service |publisher=State of Maine |access-date=3 August 2021}}

{{cite web |title=Growing Small Fruits |url=https://extension.umd.edu/resource/growing-small-fruits |website=University of Maryland Extension |publisher=State of Maryland |access-date=3 August 2021}}

{{cite web |title=286.104 Cultivated black currant declared public nuisance; destruction. |url=http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(neoupc5njylrfn2nub0oac0a))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-286-104 |website=Michigan Legislature: Michigan Compiled Laws |publisher=State of Michigan | access-date=3 August 2021}}

{{cite web |title=White Pine Blister Rust Resistant Currant and Gooseberry Varieties |url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdard/White_Pine_Blister_Rust_Resistant_Currant_and_Gooseberry_Varieties_489802_7.pdf |website=Michigan Department of Agriculture |publisher=State of Michigan |access-date=3 August 2021}}

{{cite web |title=227-K:6 White Pine Blister Rust Control Areas |url=http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XIX-A/227-K/227-K-6.htm |publisher=State of New Hampshire |access-date=3 August 2021}}

{{cite web |title=Department of Agriculture : Plant Pest Survey |url=https://www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/pi/prog/plantpest.html#quarantine |publisher=State of New Jersey |access-date=3 August 2021}}

{{cite web |title=02 NCAC 48A .0401 Currant and Gooseberry Plants |url=http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2002%20-%20agriculture%20and%20consumer%20services/chapter%2048%20-%20plant%20industry/subchapter%20a/02%20ncac%2048a%20.0401.html |publisher=State of North Carolina |access-date=3 August 2020}}

{{cite web |title=White Pine Blister Rust |website=Plant Industry - Plant Protection Section |publisher=North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |url=http://www.ncagr.gov/plantindustry/plant/disease/48A-04.htm |access-date=3 August 2020}}

{{cite web |title=Crop Profile: Currants in New York |publisher=Cornell Cooperative Extension |url=http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/fqpa/crop-profiles/currant.html |access-date=3 August 2020}}

{{cite web |title=White Pine Blister Rust on Currants and Gooseberries |last1=Ellis |first1=Michael A. |last2=Horst |first2=Leona |website=Ohioline |publisher=Ohio State University Extension |url=https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-3205 |access-date=3 August 2020}}

{{cite web |title=Home Fruit Plantings: Gooseberries and Currants |publisher=PennState Extension |url=https://extension.psu.edu/home-fruit-plantings-gooseberries-and-currants |access-date=3 August 2020}}

{{cite web |title=250-RICR-40-10-2 Rules and Regulations Governing the Suppression of White Pine Blister Rust |publisher=Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management |url=http://www.dem.ri.gov/pubs/regs/regs/agric/pinebls2.pdf |access-date=3 August 2020}}

{{cite web |title=2VAC5-450-40. European black currant plants |publisher=Commonwealth of Virginia |url=https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title2/agency5/chapter450/section40/ |access-date=3 August 2020}}

{{cite web |title=Currants and Gooseberries |website=NE Small Fruit Management Guide |date=22 June 2015 |publisher=Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, University of Massachusetts at Amherst |url=https://ag.umass.edu/fruit/ne-small-fruit-management-guide |access-date=3 August 2020}}

{{cite web |title=West Virginia White Pine Blister Rust Quarantine |publisher=West Virginia Department of Agriculture |url=https://agriculture.wv.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WV_Blister_Rust_Quarantine.pdf |access-date=3 August 2021}}

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==Articles==

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  • {{cite journal |last1=Hummer |first1=Kim E. |last2=Barney |first2=Danny L. |title=Crop Reports: Currants |journal=HortTechnology |date=July–September 2002 |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=377–387 |doi=10.21273/HORTTECH.12.3.377 |url=https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/2674/w.2002.hummer.barney.hortechnology.2002.12.377.pdf|doi-access=free }}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Janczewski |first1=Edward |author-link=Edward Janczewski|title=Monographies des groseilliers, Ribes L. |journal=Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève |date=1907 |volume=35 |pages=199–517}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Messinger |first1=Wes |last2=Hummer |first2=Kim |last3=Liston |first3=Aaron |title=Ribes (Grossulariaceae) phylogeny as indicated by restriction-site polymorphisms of PCR-amplified chloroplast DNA |journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |date=1999 |volume=217 |issue=3–4 |pages=185–195 |doi=10.1007/BF00984364|jstor=23643670|bibcode=1999PSyEv.217..185M |s2cid=20696263 |ref={{harvid|Messinger et al|1999}}}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Schultheis |first1=Lisa M. |last2=Donoghue |first2=Michael J. |title=Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of Ribes (Grossulariaceae), with an Emphasis on Gooseberries (subg. Grossularia) |url=https://donoghuelab.yale.edu/sites/default/files/134_schultheis_systbot04.pdf|journal=Systematic Botany |date=1 January 2004 |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=77–96 |doi=10.1600/036364404772974239|s2cid=85938994 }}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Senters |first1=Anne E. |last2=Soltis |first2=Douglas E. |author-link2=Douglas Soltis|title=Phylogenetic Relationships in Ribes (Grossulariaceae) Inferred from ITS Sequence Data |journal=Taxon |date=2003 |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=51–66 |doi=10.2307/3647301 |jstor=3647301 |issn=0040-0262}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Sinnott |first1=Quinn P. |title=A revision of Ribes L. subg. Grossularia (Mill.) Pers. sect. Grossularia (Mill.) Nutt. (Grossulariaceae) in North America |url=https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003488241|journal=Rhodora |date=1985 |volume=87 |issue=850 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003488241/page/n191 189]–286 |jstor=23314591 |issn=0035-4902}}
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==Websites==

  • {{cite web|last=Morin|first=Nancy R|website=Flora of North America vol. 8|title=Ribes Linnaeus|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=128544|year=2008|access-date=12 November 2019|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|pages=8, 9, 10, 44}}
  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Currant|short=x}}
  • {{cite web |title=Introduction to blackcurrant |url=http://www.fruitgateway.co.uk/intro_to_blackcurrant.asp |website=FruitGateway |publisher=The James Hutton Institute |location=Aberdeen}}
  • [http://www.uga.edu/fruit/ribes.html Entry on Ribes at Mark Rieger's UGa fruit crops site]

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