Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Ribes L. [51]

genus_ja: スグリ

genus_en: Flowering currant

# spp.: 192

pub_year: 1753

accepted: Accepted

Family: Grossulariaceae

family_ja: スグリ

Infra familial classification:

distribution_en:

description_en: Genus of about 150 species of mainly deciduous, occasionally evergreen, some-times spiny shrubs, widely distributed in woodland, scrub, and rocky places. Most are found in N. temperate regions; some occur in South America. Some species, such as blackcurrant (R. nigrum), redcurrant (R. rubrum), and gooseberry (R. uva-crispa), are grown for their edible fruits; those described below are cultivated primarily for their flowers. The leaves are alternate and often 3-to 5-lobed. Small, tubular, cup- or bell-shaped flowers, each with small petals and 4, rarely 5, larger, spreading sepals, are borne singly or in pendent racemes, mostly in spring or summer. The berry-like fruits are spherical or ovoid, and vary in colour from red or black to green or white. Grow in a shrub border; R. speciosum and R. viburnifolium are best grown against a wall. R. sanguineum may be used as informal hedging.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Root hardwood cuttings of deciduous flowering currants in winter. Root semi-ripe cuttings of evergreens in summer.

pests_en: Aphids, leaf spot, powdery mildew, honey fungus, and coral spot may be a problem.

description_ja:

comment: N.temp.

comment_ja: スグリ，カラント(currant)

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Phylogenetic definition:

Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-05-08 22:13 by hkokubun@mac.com

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