Ribes hirtellum

Ribes hirtellum is a North American species of gooseberry known by the common names American gooseberry,[3] hairy-stem gooseberry,[3] hairy gooseberry,[3] and wedge-leaf gooseberry,[3] native to Canada and to the northeastern and north-central United States.[4][5] Cultivated gooseberries are derived from this species and from Ribes uva-crispa.[4]

Ribes hirtellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Ribes
Species:
R. hirtellum
Binomial name
Ribes hirtellum
Michx. 1803
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Grossularia hirtella (Michx.) Spach
  • Grossularia hirtella var. calcicola (Fernald) A. Berger
  • Ribes oxyacanthoides var. hirtellum (Michx.) Scoggan
  • Ribes oxyacanthoides var. calcicola Fernald

Use in gooseberry breeding

Whereas R. uva-crispa crops have been devastated by American gooseberry mildew, Podosphaera mors-uvae (syn: Sphaerotheca mors-uvae), which was accidentally introduced to Europe, R. hirtellum is resistant. It is one of four American species that have been interbred with R. uva-crispa to produce resistant cultivars similar to the original R. uva-crispa cultivars.[6] Cultivar 'Houghton' is one of those obtained by crossing R. uva-crispa with R. hirtellum.[6]

  • Leaf
  • Flower
  • Autumn foliage

References
  1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
  2. Tropicos, Ribes hirtellum Michx.
  3. "Ribes hirtellum". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  4. Nancy R. Morin (2009), "Ribes", Flora of North America North of Mexico, online
  5. Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  6. Warren, J.; James, P. (2006). "The ecological effects of exotic disease resistance genes introgressed into British gooseberries". Oecologia. 147 (1): 69–75. Bibcode:2006Oecol.147...69W. doi:10.1007/s00442-005-0257-3. PMID 16205951.


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