Ribes acerifolium
| Ribes acerifolium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Grossulariaceae |
| Genus: | Ribes |
| Species: | R. acerifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Ribes acerifolium Howell 1895, not K.Koch 1869 (the latter name published without description hence not valid)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Ribes acerifolium is a North American species of currant known by the common names mapleleaf currant[3] and maple-leaved currant. It is native to the Canadian Province of British Columbia as well as to the northwestern United States (Washington, Idaho, Oregon).[4][5]
Ribes acerifolium is a trailing shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, with red or pink flowers and black berries.[1][6]
References
- 1 2 Flora of North America, Ribes acerifolium Howell, 1895. Maple-leaved currant
- ↑ Tropicos, Ribes acerifolium Howell
- ↑ "Ribes acerifolium". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Turner Photographics, Ribes acerifolium - Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest photo, description, partial distribution map
- ↑ Howell, Thomas Jefferson 1895. Erythea 3(2): 34–35
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Oregon in 1893
- Paul Slichter, Gooseberries and Currants of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington, Mapleleaf Currant, Maple-leaf Currant, Mapleleaf Gooseberry Ribes acerifolium photos
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