Ribes rubrum
Common Currant, Cultivated Currant
Other regional names: European Red Currant +1 more
- European Red Currant
- Garden Currant
Also known as: ? silvestre Lam. +13 more
- ? silvestre Lam.
- Grossularia rubra (L.) Scop.
- Ribes acidum Turcz. ex Steud.
- Ribes albescens Poit. & Turpin
- Ribes albicans Poit. & Turpin
- Ribes albovirens Poit. & Turpin
- Ribes americanum K.Koch
- Ribes auriculatum Poit. & Turpin
- Ribes baicalense Turcz. ex Steud.
- Ribes fleischmannii Rchb. ex K.Koch
- Ribes glabrum (Hedl.) Sennikov
- Ribes himalense Royle, 1835
- Ribes hladnickianum Freyer ex Steud.
- Ribes hortense Hedl.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Grossulariaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a shrub.
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Found natively in Europe, Ribes rubrum (commonly known as Common Currant or Cultivated Currant) is a shrub belonging to the Grossulariaceae family. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
EUROPE
Regions (WGSRPD)
Middle Europe, Northern Europe, Southwestern Europe
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Spain
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Austria, Baltic States, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Krym, Labrador, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Myanmar, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South European Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yugoslavia