Ribes montigenum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Ribes
Subgenus: Ribes subg. Grossularioides
Species: Ribes montigenum
Name

Ribes montigenum McClatchie, 1897
Synonyms

Limnobotrya montigena (McClatchie) Rydb., Fl. Rocky Mts. 397 (1917)
Ribes lacustre var. molle A.Gray
Ribes lentum (M.E.Jones) Coville & Rose, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 15: 28 (1902)
Ribes nubigenum McClatchie, Erythea, 2: 80 (1894)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington State, Wyoming); Canada (British Columbia)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

McClatchie, A.J., 1897. Erythea; a Journal of Botany, West American and General. Berkeley, CA 5:38.

Additional references

Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ribes montigenum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. Sep. Ribes montigenum. Published online. Accessed: 27 Sep.
Tropicos.org 2021. Ribes montigenum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Sep 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Ribes montigenum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 27. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ribes montigenum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 Sep 27.

Vernacular names

Ribes montigenum is a species of currant known by the common names mountain gooseberry, alpine prickly currant, western prickly gooseberry, and gooseberry currant. It is native to western North America from Washington south to California and east as far as the Rocky Mountains,[4] where it grows in high mountain habitat types in subalpine and alpine climates, such as forests and talus. It is a spreading shrub growing up to 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall, the branching stems covered in prickles and hairs and bearing 1 to 5 sharp spines at intervals.[5]

The lightly hairy, glandular leaves are up to 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) long and are divided into about five deeply cut or toothed lobes. Each is borne on a petiole several centimeters in length. The inflorescence is a raceme of several flowers. Each flower has five sepals in shades of yellow-green or pale pink, orange, or yellow which spread into a corolla-like star. At the center are five smaller club-shaped red petals and purple-red stamens tipped with yellowish or cream anthers. The fruit is an acidic but tasty bright-red to orange-red edible berry up to a centimeter long, which is usually covered in soft bristles. It has only a small dried flower remnant at the end, compared with the long remnant found on wax currants (Ribes cereum).[5][6]

berries

flowers

References

Species was originally described and published, under the binomial Ribes nubigenum McClatchie (Erythea 2(5): 80. 1894.); under the binomial Ribes montigenum, species was published in Erythea: A journal of botany 5(3): 38. 1897. "Name - Ribes montigenum McClatchie". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
"Burke Herbarium Image Collection". biology.burke.washington.edu.
"Tropicos". www.tropicos.org.
"Profile for Ribes montigenum (gooseberry currant)". PLANTS Database. USDA, NRCS. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
"Ribes montigenum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
Elias, Thomas S.; Dykeman, Peter A. (2009) [1982]. Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods. New York: Sterling. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-4027-6715-9. OCLC 244766414.