Redcurrant

Redcurrant
	Cultivated redcurrant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Grossulariaceae
Genus:	Ribes
Species:	R. rubrum
Binomial name
	Ribes rubrum; L., 1753
Synonyms
	List Grossularia rubra (L.) Scop. (1771) ; Ribes acerifolium K.Koch (1869) ; Ribes acidum Ehrh. (1790) ; Ribes albescens Poit. & Turpin (1846) ; Ribes albicans Poit. & Turpin (1846) ; Ribes albovirens Poit. & Turpin (1846) ; Ribes auriculatum Poit. & Turpin (1846) ; Ribes baicalense Turcz. ex Steud. (1841) ; Ribes carneum Poit. & Turpin (1846) ; Ribes domesticum Jancz. (1900) ; Ribes fleischmannii Rchb. ex K.Koch (1869) ; Ribes glabrum (Hedl.) Sennikov (2001) ; Ribes hladnickianum Freyer ex Steud. (1841) ; Ribes hortense Hedl. (1901) ; Ribes houghtonianum Jancz. (1901) ; Ribes macrocarpum Jancz. (1900) ; Ribes officinarum Dum.Cours. (1811) ; Ribes pendulum Salisb. (1796) ; Ribes racemosum Poit. & Turpin (1846) ; Ribes sativum (Rchb.) A.Berger (1924) ; Ribes sativum f. macrocarpum (Jancz.) Rehder (1949) ; Ribes sativum var. variegatum (Weston) Rehder (1927) ; Ribes sativum f. variegatum (Weston) Rehder (1949) ; Ribes sibiricum K.Koch (1869) ; Ribes smidtianum (Sow. ex Syme) Hedl. (1901) ; Ribes sylvestre (Lam.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch (1826) ; Ribes sylvestre subsp. hortense Hyl. (1945) ; Ribes sylvestre var. smidtianum Sow. ex Syme (1865) ; Ribes vinosum Dum.Cours. (1802) ; Ribes vulgare Lam. (1789) ; Ribes vulgare var. hortense Lam. (1789) ; Ribes vulgare var. sylvestre Lam. (1789) ; Ribesium rubrum (L.) Medik. (1789) ; ;

The redcurrant or red currant (Ribes rubrum) is a member of the genus Ribes in the gooseberry family. It is native to western Europe. The species is widely cultivated and has escaped into the wild in many regions.