Editing Ribes (section)

==Taxonomy==
''Ribes'' is the single genus in the [[Saxifragales]] [[Family (biology)|family]] Grossulariaceae. Although once included in the broader [[Circumscription (taxonomy)|circumscription]] of [[Saxifragaceae]] ''[[sensu|sensu lato]]'', it is now positioned as a [[sister group]] to Saxifragaceae ''sensu stricto''.{{sfn|Messinger|1995}}

===Subdivision===
First treated on a worldwide basis in 1907,{{sfn|Janczewski|1907}} the infrageneric classification has undergone many revisions,{{sfn|Sinnott|1985}} and even in the era of [[molecular phylogenetics]] there has been contradictory evidence.{{sfn|Schultheis |Donoghue|2004}} Although sometimes treated as two separate genera, ''Ribes'' and ''Grossularia'' (Berger 1924),{{sfn|Berger|1924}} the consensus has been to consider it as a single genus, divided into a number of [[subgenera]], the main ones of which are subgenus ''Ribes'' (currants) and subgenus ''Grossularia'' (gooseberries), further subdivided into sections.{{sfn|Sinnott|1985}} Janczewski (1907) considered six subgenera and eleven sections.{{sfn|Janczewski|1907}} Berger's twelve subgenera based on two distinct genera (see {{harvtxt|Senters|Soltis|2003}} Table 1) have subsequently been demoted to sections.{{sfn|Messinger|1995}}{{sfn|Schultheis |Donoghue|2004}} Weigend (2007) elevated a number of sections to produce a taxonomy of seven subgenera; ''Ribes'' (sections ''Ribes'', ''Heretiera'', ''Berisia'') ''Coreosma'', ''Calobotrya'' (sections ''Calobotrya'', ''Cerophyllum''), ''Symphocalyx'', ''Grossularioides'', ''Grossularia'', ''Parilla''.{{sfn|Weigend et al|2002}}{{sfn|Weigend|2007}}

Taxonomy, according to Berger, modified by Sinnott (1985):{{sfn|Messinger|1995}}{{sfn|Schultheis |Donoghue|2004}}
* Subgenus ''Ribes'' <small>L.</small> (currants) 8 sections
** Section ''Berisia'' <small>[[Édouard Spach|Spach]]</small> (alpine currants)
** Section ''Calobotrya'' <small>(Spach) [[Jancz.]]</small> (ornamental currants)
** Section ''Coreosma'' <small>(Spach) Jancz.</small> (black currants)
** Section ''Grossularioides'' <small>( Jancz.) Rehd.</small> (spiny or Gooseberry-stemmed currants)
** Section ''Heritiera'' <small>Jancz.</small> (dwarf or skunk currants)
** Section ''Parilla'' <small>Jancz.</small> (Andine or South American currants)
** Section ''Ribes'' <small>L.</small> (red currants)
** Section ''Symphocalyx'' <small>[[Berland.]]</small> (golden currants)
* Subgenus ''Grossularia'' <small>([[Mill.]]) [[Pers.]]</small> (Gooseberries) 4 sections
** Section ''Grossularia''<small> (Mill.) [[Nutt.]]</small>
** Section ''Robsonia'' <small>[[Berland.]]</small>
** Section ''Hesperia'' <small>[[A.Berger]]</small>
** Section ''Lobbia'' <small>A. Berger</small>

Some authors continued to treat ''Hesperia'' and ''Lobbia'' as subgenera.{{sfn|Messinger et al|1999}}{{sfn|Schultheis |Donoghue|2004}} Early molecular studies suggested that subgenus ''Grossularia'' was actually embedded within subgenus ''Ribes''.{{sfn|Senters|Soltis|2003}} Analysis of combined molecular datasets confirms subgenus ''Grossularia'' as a [[monophyletic]] group, with two main lineages, sect. ''Grossularia'' and another [[clade]] consisting of [[glabrousness (botany)|glabrous]] gooseberies, including ''Hesperia'', ''Lobbia'' and ''Robsonia''. Other monophyletic groups identified were ''Calobotrya'', ''Parilla'', ''Symphocalyx'' and ''Berisia''. However, sections ''Ribes'', ''Coreosma'' and ''Heritiera'' were not well supported. Consequently, there is insufficient resolution to justify further taxonomic revision.{{sfn|Schultheis |Donoghue|2004}}

===Species===
{{main|List of Ribes species}}

[[File:Schwarze Johannisbeeren.jpg|thumb|[[Blackcurrant]] (''Ribes nigrum'')]]
[[File:Ribes rubrum a1.jpg|thumb|[[Redcurrant]] (''Ribes rubrum'')]]
[[File:Grossulariaceae Fuchsia flowered Gooseberry Ribes speciosum.jpg|thumb|''[[Ribes speciosum]]'' (fuchsia-flowered gooseberry)]]

There are around 200 species of ''Ribes''.{{r|powo}} Selected species include:
*''[[Ribes alpinum]]''
*''[[Ribes aureum]]''
*''[[Ribes cereum]]''
*''[[Ribes divaricatum]]''
*''[[Ribes glandulosum]]''
*''[[Ribes hirtellum]]''
*''[[Ribes hudsonianum]]''
*''[[Ribes inerme]]''
*''[[Ribes lacustre]]''
*''[[Ribes laurifolium]]''
*''[[Ribes lobbii]]''
*''[[Ribes montigenum]]''
*''[[Ribes maximowiczii]]''
*''[[Ribes nevadense]]''
*''[[Ribes nigrum]]''
*''[[Ribes oxyacanthoides]]''
*''[[Ribes rubrum]]''
*''[[Ribes sanguineum]]''
*''[[Ribes speciosum]]''
*''[[Ribes triste]]''
*''[[Ribes uva-crispa]]''