This list of Ribes species includes many of the approximately 200 accepted species within the plant genus Ribes, the sole genus in the family Grossulariaceae, order Saxifragales. Species in this genus are traditionally grouped into several subgenera, including subgenus Ribes (commonly referred to as currants) and subgenus Grossularia (commonly known as gooseberries).
Subgenus Ribes L. Section Berisia Spach This section comprises Alpine currants, dioecious species distributed through Eurasia Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution Ribes achurjani Armenia Ribes acuminatum India Ribes armenum South Caucasus Ribes alpinum – alpine currant northern Europe from Finland and Norway south to the Alps and Pyrenees and Caucasus, Georgia Ribes diacanthum – Siberian currant (Russia, Mongolia, Korea, northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia) Ribes giraldii China (E Gansu, Liaoning, Shaanxi, SW Shanxi.) Ribes glabricalycinum China (Sichuan) Ribes glabrifolium China (W Hubei, S Shaanxi) Ribes glaciale – glacier currant China (SE Gansu, Henan, W Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan), Bhutan, N India, Kashmir, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim Ribes henryi China (W. Sichuan, Hubei) Ribes heterotrichum Central Asia to Mongolia and N. Pakistan. Ribes humile China (Sichuan) Ribes hunanense China ( Guangxi, Hunan) Ribes kialanum China (W. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan) Ribes komarovii Russian Far East, northern and central China, North Korea Ribes laurifolium – evergreen currant China (W. Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan) to Myanmar. Ribes luridum – purple currantNepal to China (W. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan) Ribes maximowiczii – common Korean currant China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, E Liaoning), Japan, Korea, Russia Ribes melananthum Iran Ribes orientale – Siberian currant China (W Sichuan, Xizang, NW Yunnan), Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Russia; SW Asia, SE Europe Ribes saxatile China (Xinjiang), Russia Ribes takare China, Bhutan, N India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim Ribes tianquanense China (Sichuan) Ribes pseudofasciculatum China (Xizhang, Sichuan, Qinghai) Ribes pulchellum S. Siberia to N. China. Ribes rubrisepalum China (Gansu, S Shaanxi, W Sichuan, NW Yunnan.) Ribes tenue China ( E Gansu, W Henan, W Hubei, NW Hunan, SW Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan) Ribes vilmorinii China (Hebei, W Sichuan, NW Yunnan.) Ribes xizangense China (Xizang)
Section Calobotrya (Spach) Jancz. This section comprises North American species commonly known as ornamental currants Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution Ribes brandegeei Mexico Ribes canthariforme – Moreno currantEndemic to San Diego County, California Ribes cereum – 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 Mexico (Durango and Chihuahua) Ribes ciliatum Mexico Ribes dugesii Mexico Ribes grande Mexico (Puebla) Ribes indecorum – white-flowered currant Santa Barbara County in California south into northern Baja California. Ribes malvaceum – Chaparral currant California and northern Baja California Ribes mescalerium – Mescalero currant southeastern New Mexico, western Texas, and the Mexican State of Chihuahua. Ribes neglectum Mexico Ribes nelsonii Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua) Ribes nevadense – Sierra currant, Jaeger's currant, Nevada currant California, Nevada, Oregon Ribes orizabae Mexico (Veracruz) Ribes pringlei Central & SW. Mexico. Ribes sanguineum – flowering currant, redflower currant, blood currant, sticky blood currant, blackseed blood currant, winter currant western United States and Canada. Ribes tortuosum Mexico Ribes viscosissimum – sticky currant United States, Canada Ribes wolfii – Wolf's currant northern Idaho, northeastern Oregon, and southeastern Washington. Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, Mexico
Section Coreosma (Spach) Jancz. This section comprises Eurasian and American black currants Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution Ribes americanum – 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 – stink currant southeastern Alaska to Mendocino County in California Ribes dikuscha Siberia to Russian Far East. Ribes hudsonianum – 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 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Ribes japonicum – Japanese blackcurrant, thornless blackcurrantJapan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku) Ribes malvifolium Tajikistan Ribes nigrum – Blackcurrant, European blackcurrant northern Europe and northern Asia Ribes procumbens – trailing redcurrant Siberia to N. Korea, Japan (C. Honshu) Ribes ussuriense – Korean blackcurrant (synonym of Ribes procumbens) Siberia to N. Korea, Japan (C. Honshu) Ribes viburnifolium – Island gooseberry Southern California
Section Symphocalyx Berland. Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution Ribes aureum – 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. This section comprises spiny or Gooseberry-stemmed currants from North America Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution Ribes lacustre – 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 – gooseberry currant Washington south to California and east as far as the Rocky Mountains
Section Heritiera Jancz. Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution Ribes erythrocarpum – Crater Lake currant Cascade Mountains in the US State of Oregon Ribes acerifolium – maple currant, mapleleaf currant Canadian Province of British Columbia as well as to the northwestern United States (Washington, Idaho, Oregon) Ribes glandulosum – skunk currant, fetid currant United States (Alaska, the Great Lakes region, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Northeast) Ribes laxiflorum – trailing blackcurrant from Alaska and Yukon south as far as northern California and New Mexico
Section Parilla Jancz. Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution Ribes andicola Colombia Ribes albifolium Peru Ribes austroecuadorense Ecuador Ribes chachapoyense Peru Ribes colandina Peru Ribes contumazensis Peru Ribes costaricense Costa Rica Ribes cucullatum Argentina and Chile Ribes dombeyanum Peru Ribes ecuadorense Colombia, Ecuador Ribes erectum Colombia, Ecuador Ribes fasciculatum – Japanese currant China, Japan, and Korea, Ribes hirticaule Peru Ribes hirtum Colombia to Ecuador. Ribes incarnatum Peru to W. Bolivia. Ribes incertum Peru. Ribes integrifolium Chile Ribes lehmannii Ecuador. Ribes luteynii Ecuador Ribes macrobotrys Peru Ribes macrostachyum Peru. Ribes magellanicum Chile and Argentina Ribes nanophyllum Ecuador Ribes nitidissima Chile Ribes ovalifolium Peru Ribes parvifolium Chile. Ribes pentlandii Peru to W. Bolivia Ribes peruvianum Peru. Ribes polyanthes Chile. Ribes praecox Peru Ribes punctatum Chile Ribes ruizii Chile Ribes sanchezii Peru. Ribes sardoum – Sardinian currantSardegna Ribes steinbachiorum Bolivia Ribes sucheziense Bolivia Ribes tolimense Colombia Ribes trilobum Central & S. Central Chile. Ribes valdivianum Chile Ribes weberbaueri Peru
Section Ribes L. Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution Ribes altissimum – tall currantMongolia, Russia (Siberia), China (Xinjiang) Ribes griffithii Nepal to China (W. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan) Ribes himalense – smooth rock currant Pakistan to SW China Ribes latifolium – broadleaf currant China (S. Jilin) to N. Korea, Sakhalin to N. Japan Ribes longeracemosum – Tibet thornless blackcurrant China (Sichuan, Yunnan, W. Hubei). Ribes mandshuricum Russian Far East to N. & E. Central China and Korea. Ribes meyeri – Meyer's currantCentral Asia to Mongolia and NE. Afghanistan Ribes moupinense Central & S. China. Ribes multiflorum – manyflower currant Central Italy, Balkan Peninsula to W. Central Turkey Ribes pallidiflorum northeastern China to Russia Ribes petraeum – rock currant, rock redcurrant, Bieberstein's rock currant Europe Ribes rubrum – redcurrant, white currant Europe Ribes sachalinense Sakhalin to Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku). Ribes setchuense China (Sichuan, SE. Gansu) Ribes soulieanum Tibet to China (NW. Yunnan). Ribes spicatum – Nordic redcurrant, Nordic currant, downy currant northern Europe and northern Asia Ribes triste – 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 Kazakhstan
Subgenus Grossularia (Mill.) Pers. Section Grossularia(Mill.) Nutt. Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution Ribes aciculare – needle-spined gooseberry northern China, Siberia. Ribes alpestre from Afghanistan to SW China Ribes ambiguum China South-Central, Japan Ribes burejense China, N Korea, Mongolia, Russia Ribes curvatum – Granite gooseberry United States (Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama) Ribes cynosbati – prickly gooseberry, eastern prickly gooseberry, dogberry, dog bramble eastern and central United States and Canada Ribes divaricatum – spreading gooseberry, wild gooseberry, coast gooseberry, coastal black gooseberry, Parish's gooseberry, Worcesterberry western North America from British Columbia to California Ribes echinellum – Miccosukee gooseberry Florida, South Carolina Ribes formosanum Taiwan. Ribes grossularioides – Japanese gooseberry, catberry Japan Ribes hirtellum – North American gooseberry, hairystem gooseberry, currant gooseberry Canada and the northern United States Ribes horridum – thorny currantRussian Far East to N. Korea, Japan Ribes inerme – whitestem gooseberry, Klamath gooseberry British Columbia to California and westward to the Rocky Mountains Ribes missouriense – Missouri gooseberry north-central United States (Great Lakes, upper Mississippi and lower Missouri Valleys) Ribes niveum – snow gooseberry, slender-branched gooseberry western United States (Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada with isolated populations in Colorado and New Mexico) Ribes oxyacanthoides – 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 – Appalachian gooseberry, round-leaved gooseberry Massachusetts and the Appalachian Mountains south as far as South Carolina and Tennessee Ribes sinanense – Chinese gooseberry Japan (C. Honshu) Ribes stenocarpum – narrow-fruited currant S. & E. Qinghai to China Gansu, Shaanxi, NW. Sichuan Ribes uva-crispa – gooseberry, wild gooseberry, European gooseberry, English gooseberry Europe, the Caucasus and northern Africa
Subgenus Hesperia A.Berger Flowers Fruit Scientific name Distribution Ribes amarum – bitter gooseberryCalifornia Ribes californicum – Hillside gooseberry, California gooseberry, Monterey gooseberry California Ribes cruentum – shinyleaf currant, Oregon currantCalifornia, Oregon Ribes leptosma California Ribes menziesii – Canyon gooseberry, Menzies' gooseberry California and Oregon Ribes roezlii – Sierra gooseberry, Roezl's gooseberry California, its distribution extending east into Nevada and north into Oregon Ribes victoris – Victor's gooseberry California
Subgenus Lobbia A. Berger Section Lobbia