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Internal ID UUID64404e096bbf3130519679
Scientific name Ribes menziesii
Authority Pursh
First published in Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 732 (1813)

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Ribes menziesii, commonly known as the canyon gooseberry, is a species of currant found in California and Oregon. It is a deciduous shrub that grows up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height and has prickly branches. Its showy hanging flowers have fuchsia or purple sepals and white petals. The plant fruits purple gooseberries which are edible but are mainly seeds with little fruit. There are five to six varieties of the species found across the low elevation mountains of California and the coastal canyons and foothills, into southern Oregon. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant for native plant and wildlife gardens.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ribes occidentale Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. : 346 (1839)
Ribes ferox Sm. Cycl. 30: n.º 26 (1815)
Ribes menziesianum Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: 507 (1819)
Grossularia hystrix Coville & Britton N. Amer. Fl. 22: 213 (1908)
Grossularia leptosma Coville N. Amer. Fl. 22: 214 (1908)
Grossularia menziesii Coville & Britton N. Amer. Fl. 22: 213 (1908)
Grossularia senilis Coville N. Amer. Fl. 22: 214 (1908)
Ribes menziesii var. hystrix (Eastw.) Jeps. Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. : 473 (1925)
Ribes menziesii var. senile (Coville) Jeps. Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. : 473 (1925)
Ribes subvestitum Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. : 346 (1839)
Ribes leptosmum Standl. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 8: 139 (1930)
Ribes hystrix Eastw. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. , ser. 3, 2: 248 (1902)
Ribes leptosma Fedde Bot. Jahresber. (Just) 36, pt. 2: 519. 1910
Ribes senile Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 139. 1930
Grossularia menziesii var. subvestita A.Berger New York Agric. Exp. Sta. Techn. Bull. 109: 77 (1924)
Ribes menziesii var. ixoderme Quick Madroño 4: 387 (1938)

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English canyon gooseberry

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Name Authority First published in
Ribes menziesii var. subvestitum Jancz. Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 35: 363. 1907

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Ribes menziesii f. victoris (Greene) Hoover Leafl. W. Bot. 10: 345. 1966

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  • Northern America
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Oregon
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001135612
USDA Plants RIME
Tropicos 29100516
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:792844-1
The Plant List tro-29100516
Open Tree Of Life 769236
NCBI Taxonomy 175216
Nature Serve 2.159015
IPNI 792844-1
iNaturalist 52687
GBIF 2986187
Freebase /m/02rp3r5
EPPO RIBME
EOL 583199
Calflora (Californian flora) 7131
USDA GRIN 316228
Wikipedia Ribes_menziesii

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Community-level reorganizations following migratory pollinator dynamics along a latitudinal gradient Magrach A, Lara C, Luna UM, Díaz-Infante S, Parker I Proc Biol Sci 01-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7423476
doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.0649
PMID:32605514

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