Editing Redcurrant (section)

{{Short description|Flowering plant species in the gooseberry family}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Redcurrant
| image = Ribes rubrum 1.jpg
| image_caption = Cultivated redcurrant
| genus = Ribes
| species = rubrum
| authority = [[L.]], 1753
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO">{{cite POWO |id=792965-1 |title=''Ribes rubrum'' L. |access-date=9 October 2024}}</ref>
| synonyms = {{Collapsible list | {{Species 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)
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The '''redcurrant''' or '''red currant''' ('''''Ribes rubrum''''') is a member of the genus ''[[Ribes]]'' in the [[Grossulariaceae|gooseberry family]]. It is [[Indigenous (ecology)|native]] to [[western Europe]].<ref name="EPPOGD">{{cite web | title=''Ribes rubrum'' (RIBRU){{bracket|Overview}} | website=Global Database | publisher=EPPO ([[European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization]]) | url=http://gd.eppo.int/taxon/RIBRU | access-date=2022-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Brennan |first=Rex M. |year=1996 |chapter=Currants and Gooseberries |editor1=Jules Janick |editor2=James N. Moore |title=Fruit Breeding |volume=II - Vine and Small Fruits |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=0471126756 |page=196 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=ribes+rubrum |website=Altervista Flora Italiana |title=''Ribes rubrum'' L. |postscript=; includes photos and European distribution map.}}</ref> The species is widely cultivated and has [[garden refugee|escaped]] into the wild in many regions.<ref>{{eFloras|1|220011643|Ribes rubrum |family=Grossulariaceae |first=Nancy R. |last=Morin}}</ref><ref name=s>{{eFloras|2|220011643|Ribes rubrum |family=Grossulariaceae |last1=Lu |first1=Lingdi<!-- apparently given surname-first --> |first2=Crinan |last2=Alexander}}</ref>