Biology:Ribes acerifolium

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Short description: Species of currant

Ribes acerifolium
Ribes acerifolium (maple-leaf currant).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Ribes
Species:
R. acerifolium
Binomial name
Ribes acerifolium
Howell 1895, not K.Koch 1869 (the latter name published without description hence not valid)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Ribes howellii Greene

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 (state) , Idaho, Oregon).[4][5]

Ribes acerifolium is a trailing shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, with red or pink flowers and black berries.[1][6]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q17777424 entry