Ribes rubrum (Red currant)

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Ribes rubrum L.

Red currant, cultivated currant

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Ribes sativum Syme
Ribes sylvestre (Lam.) Mert. & W.D.J. Koch
Ribes vulgare Lam.

7/17/2010 · Mackworth Island, Falmouth, Maine · ≈ 10 × 15″ (26 × 39 cm) ID is uncertain

8/30/2014 · New Mexico · ≈ 11 × 7″ (28 × 18 cm)

7/17/2010 · Mackworth Island, Falmouth, Maine · ≈ 8 × 12″ (20 × 31 cm) ID is uncertain

8/30/2014 · New Mexico · ≈ 8 × 4½″ (19 × 11 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Rosidae	Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order	Rosales	Rose family and eight others
Family	Grossulariaceae	From New Latin Grossularia, the type genus, and -aceae, the suffix for a family name
Genus	Ribes	From the Syrian or Kurdish ribas, which was derived from an old Persian word
Species	rubrum	From the Latin ruber or rubra meaning “red”

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Ribes rubrum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.