Ribes

(Ribes)

-> Family: Grossulariaceae -> Group: Angiosperms

shrubs with and without thorns
leaves are simple, palmate, alternate, mostly deciduous
monoecious trees (sometimes dioecious), flowers are bisexual
fruit is a multi-seeded berry
the genus includes about 150 species of the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere
four domestic species occur in Slovakia:
1. Ribes alpinum (Alpine currant)
2. Ribes petraeum (Rock currant)
3. Ribes uva-cripsa (Gooseberry)
4. Ribes nigrum (Black currant)
the taxonomy of this genus has not yet been satisfactorily resolved

Genus: Ribes