Ribes 438178 225770306 2008-07-15T09:20:40Z 89.12.31.222 bg: change {{Expand|date=January 2007}} :''For the commune of the Ardèche in southern [[France]], see [[Ribes, Ardèche]].'' {{Taxobox | name = Ribes | image = Gooseberry Ribes grossularia (detail).JPG | image_caption = ''Ribes uva-crispa'' ([[gooseberry]]) | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Saxifragales]] | familia = '''Grossulariaceae''' | genus = '''''Ribes''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }} '''''Ribes''''' is a [[genus]] of about 150 species of [[flowering plants]], usually treated as the only genus in the family '''Grossulariaceae'''. The genus is native throughout the temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. ''Ribes'' includes the currants, including the edible currants ([[blackcurrant]], [[redcurrant]] and [[whitecurrant]]), [[gooseberry|gooseberries]], and many [[ornamental plant]]s. The ''Ribes'' currant should not be confused with the [[Zante currant]] [[grape]]. Currants are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species; see [[list of Lepidoptera that feed on currants]]. Seven [[subgenus|subgenera]] are recognised. A few taxonomists place the gooseberry species in a separate genus, ''Grossularia'', despite the [[Jostaberry]] gooseberry/blackcurrant [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]]. There are restrictions on growing ''Ribes'' species in many US states as they are a host for [[White Pine Blister Rust]]. ==Uses== Blackfoot Indians used blackcurrant root ''([[Ribes hudsonianum]])'' for the treatment of kidney diseases and menstrual and menopausal problems. Cree Indians used the fruit of [[Ribes glandulosum]] as a fertility enhancer to assist women in becoming pregnant. Currant root and seeds are high in [[gamma-linolenic acid]], also called [[GLA]]. GLA has been clinically verified as an effective treatment for pre-menstrual syndrome. <ref>Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West, Gregory L. Tilford, ISBN 0-87842-359-1</ref> ==Selected species== *''[[Ribes aciculare]]'' Sm. *''[[Ribes alpestris]]'' (Decne) A.Berger - Hedge Gooseberry *''[[Ribes alpinum]]'' L. - Alpine Currant *''[[Ribes altamirani]]'' Jancz. *''[[Ribes ambiguum]]'' Maxim. *''[[Ribes americanum]]'' Mill. *''[[Ribes aureum]]'' Pursh - Golden Currant *''[[Ribes bracteosum]]'' Douglas ex Hook. - Californian Blackcurrant *''[[Ribes burejense]]'' F.Schmidt *''[[Ribes californicum]]'' Hook. & Arn. *''[[Ribes cereum]]'' Douglas - Squaw Currant or Wax Currant *''[[Ribes ciliatum]]'' Humb. & Bonpl. *''[[Ribes coloradense]]'' Cov. *''[[Ribes curvatum]]'' Small *''[[Ribes cynosbati]]'' L. - Prickly Gooseberry *''[[Ribes diacanthum]]'' Pall. *''[[Ribes distans]]'' Jancz. *''[[Ribes divaricatum]]'' Douglas *''[[Ribes echinellum]]'' (Cov.) Rehder - Miccosukee Gooseberry *''[[Ribes emodense]]'' Rehder *''[[Ribes fasciculatum]]'' Siebold & Zucc. *''[[Ribes fragrans]]'' Pall. *''[[Ribes gayanum]]'' (Spach) Steud. *''[[Ribes giraldii]]'' Jancz. *''[[Ribes glaciale]]'' Wallich *''[[Ribes glandulosum]]'' Grauer ex Weber - White currant *''[[Ribes glutinosum]]'' Benth. *''[[Ribes grossularioides]]'' Maxim. - Japanese Gooseberry *''[[Ribes henryi]]'' Franch. *''[[Ribes hirtellum]]'' Michx. - North American Gooseberry *''[[Ribes hudsonianum]]'' Richards - Northern Blackcurrant *''[[Ribes indecorum]]'' Eastw. - White-flowered Currant *''[[Ribes inebrians]]'' Lindl. *''[[Ribes inerme]]'' Rydb. *''[[Ribes irriguum]]'' Douglas *''[[Ribes japonicum]]'' Maxim. *''[[Ribes lacustre]]'' (Pers.) Poir. *''[[Ribes lasianthum]]'' Greene *''[[Ribes laurifolium]]'' Jancz. *''[[Ribes laxiflorum]]'' Pursh *''[[Ribes leptanthum]]'' A.Gray *''[[Ribes lobbii]]'' A.Gray - Gummy Gooseberry *''[[Ribes longeracemosum]]'' Franch. *''[[Ribes luridum]]'' Hook. & Thoms. *''[[Ribes malvaceum]]'' Sm. *''[[Ribes mandschuricum]]'' (Maxim.) Komarov *''[[Ribes maximowiczii]]'' Batal. *''[[Ribes menziesii]]'' Pursh - Canyon Gooseberry *''[[Ribes meyeri]]'' Maxim. *''[[Ribes missouriense]]'' Nutt. - Missouri Gooseberry *''[[Ribes montigenum]]'' McClat. *''[[Ribes moupinense]]'' Franch. *''[[Ribes multiflorum]]'' Kit. *''[[Ribes nevadense]]'' Kellogg - Sierra Currant *''[[Ribes nigrum]]'' L. - [[Blackcurrant]] *''[[Ribes niveum]]'' Lindl. *''[[Ribes odoratum]]'' H.L.Wendl. - Buffalo Currant *''[[Ribes orientale]]'' Desf. *''[[Ribes oxyacanthoides]]'' L. - American Mountain Gooseberry *''[[Ribes petiolare]]'' Fisch. *''[[Ribes petraeum]]'' Wulf. *''[[Ribes pinetorum]]'' Greene *''[[Ribes procumbens]]'' Pall. *''[[Ribes pulchellum]]'' Turcz. *''[[Ribes quercetorum]]'' Greene *''[[Ribes roezlii]]'' Reg. - Sierra Gooseberry *''[[Ribes rotundifolium]]'' Michx. *''[[Ribes rubrum]]'' L. - [[Redcurrant]] *''[[Ribes sanguineum]]'' Pursh - Flowering Currant *''[[Ribes setosum]]'' Lindl. *''[[Ribes silvestre]]'' (Lam.) Mert. & Koch (syn. ''R. sativum'') *''[[Ribes speciosum]]'' Pursh - Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry *''[[Ribes spicatum]]'' Robson - Nordic Redcurrant *''[[Ribes stenocarpum]]'' Maxim. *''[[Ribes tenue]]'' Jancz. *''[[Ribes triste]]'' Pall. - [[Northern Redcurrant]] or Swamp Redcurrant *''[[Ribes ussuriense]]'' Jancz. *''[[Ribes uva-crispa]]'' L. (syn. ''R. grossularia'') - [[Gooseberry]] *''[[Ribes viburnifolium]]'' A.Gray *''[[Ribes vilmorinii]]'' Jancz. *''[[Ribes viscosissimum]]'' Pursh *''[[Ribes warszewiczii]]'' Jancz. *''[[Ribes wolfii]]'' Rothr. == References == <references/> ==External links== {{commons|Ribes}} *[http://www.uga.edu/fruit/ribes.html Entry on ''Ribes'' at Mark Rieger's UGa fruit crops site] [[Category:Saxifragales]] [[bat-smg:Serbėnts]] [[bg:Френско грозде]] [[ca:Riber]] [[da:Ribs-slægten]] [[de:Johannisbeeren]] [[es:Ribes]] [[fr:Groseillier]] [[he:דומדמניתיים]] [[hsb:Januškowc]] [[it:Ribes]] [[ja:スグリ属]] [[ka:მოცხარი]] [[lt:Serbentas]] [[nl:Ribes (geslacht)]] [[no:Ripser]] [[pl:Porzeczka]] [[ru:Смородина]] [[se:Jieretšattut]] [[sl:Grozdičje]] [[sv:Vinbärsläktet]] [[uk:Смородина]] [[zh:茶藨子科]]