Ribes spicatum

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. Ribes
Sectio: Ribes sect. Ribes
Species: Ribes spicatum
Subspecies & varietas: R. s. subsp. hispidulum – R. s. subsp. scandicum – R. s. subsp. spicatum – R. s. var. pubescens
Name

Ribes spicatum E.Robson, 1796
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia
Altay, Amur, Baltic States, Belgium, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Primorye, Romania, Sweden, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutskiya
Introduced into:
Czechoslovakia, Krym

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

Ribes spicatum, the downy currant or Nordic currant, is a species in the genus Ribes, native to northern Europe and northern Asia.[2] Its bright red berries are edible and quite good‑tasting. It can be differentiated from the more common redcurrant (Ribes rubrum) not so much by its leaf hairs, as these tend to fall off as the leaf ages, but by other characteristics: the leaves of R. spicatum are a duller and darker green than R. rubrum with its paler yellowish‑green leaves. R. spicatum holds its leaves at a right angle to the stem, whereas R. rubrum leaves are less erect, markedly distinguishing the overall form of the bushes. R. spicatum has green petioles, but R. rubrum petioles are more orange‑ish.[3]
Subspecies

The following subspecies is currently accepted:[2]

Ribes spicatum subsp. hispidulum (Janch.) L.Hämet-Ahti

References

W.Withering, Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 3, 2: 265 (1796)
"Ribes spicatum E.Robson". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
Richards, A.J. (31 January 2015). "Ribes spicatum Robson Downy Currant. Species Account" (PDF). bsbi.org. Botanical Society of the British Isles. Retrieved 19 September 2020. "With practice, bushes can be accurately identified from a distance of 10 m or more, even in mixed populations."
Primary references

Robson, E. in W.Withering, 1796. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 3, 2: 265 & Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 240, t. 21 (1797).

Additional references

Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
Malyschev, L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2004). Flora of Siberia 7: 1-318. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ribes spicatum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. Sep. Ribes spicatum. Published online. Accessed: 29 Sep.
Tropicos.org 2021. Ribes spicatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Sep 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Ribes spicatum. 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 29. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ribes spicatum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 Sep 29.

Vernacular names
беларуская: Парэчкі пушыстыя
čeština: meruzalka červená
Deutsch: Ährige Johannisbeere
eesti: Karvane sõstar
suomi: Pohjanpunaherukka
Gàidhlig: raosar-clùmhach
norsk bokmål: villrips
norsk nynorsk: villrips
norsk: villrips