View source for Ribes nigrum

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|accepted_name=Ribes nigrum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 201. 1753 ,
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|common_names=Garden black currant;gadellier noir
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Grossulariaceae;Ribes;Ribes nigrum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Grossulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ribes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ribes nigrum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 10, 11, 17
|treatment_page=page 18
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>1–2 m. <b>Stems</b> erect, glandular and puberulent or nearly glabrous; spines at nodes absent; prickles on internodes absent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–4 cm, pubescent, sometimes with longer setose hairs basally; blade reniform, 3–5-lobed, cleft nearly to midrib, 5–10 cm, base cordate, surfaces with shiny, resinous glands, lobes broadly ovate, margins irregularly serrate, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> pendent, 4–10-flowered racemes, 3–5 cm, axis pubescent, flowers evenly spaced. <b>Pedicels</b> jointed, 2–10 mm, glabrous or finely pubescent to lanate; bracts ovate, 0.5–2 mm, pubescent. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium green, cup-shaped or short-campanulate, 3–4 mm, densely pubescent or tomentose; sepals not overlapping, reflexed, greenish or pinkish abaxially, suffused with purple adaxially, oblong, 5–7 mm; petals nearly connivent, erect, white to reddish, bluntly deltate, not conspicuously revolute or inrolled, 1.5–3 mm; nectary disc prominent, green or purplish, circular, covering ovary; stamens slightly longer than petals; filaments linear, 2–2.5 mm, glabrous with some glands; anthers white, sagittate, 1 mm, apex blunt; ovary pubescent, sessile-glandular; styles connate nearly to stigmas, 3 mm, very finely hairy. <b>Berries</b> sweet-tasting, black, globose, 12–15 mm, glabrous with some sessile glands.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Wet meadows, disturbed streamsides, anthropogenic habitats
|elevation=100-300 m
|distribution=N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Conn.;Ill.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Vt.;Wis.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p><i>Ribes nigrum</i> is the source of the cultivated black currant. It has a strong, unpleasant odor.</p>
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name=Ribes nigrum
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Grossulariaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Wet meadows, disturbed streamsides, anthropogenic habitats
|elevation=100-300 m
|distribution=N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Conn.;Ill.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Vt.;Wis.;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Ribes
|species=Ribes nigrum
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