Ribes acerifolium
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]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Grossulariaceae |
| Genus: | Ribes |
| Species: | R. acerifolium |
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Ribes acerifolium is a trailing shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, with red or pink flowers and black berries.[1][6]
References
- 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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