Ribes spicatumE.Robson

currant

WFO wfo-0000405234 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ribes spicatum, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. a Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-15 / obs. 150974414
Ribes spicatum, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. b Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148017832
Ribes spicatum, photographed by Иван Шихалев
fig. c Иван Шихалев, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146118061
Ribes spicatum, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. d Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145326735
Ribes spicatum, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. e Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150253389
Ribes spicatum, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. f Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 88394216
Ribes spicatum, photographed by Татьяна Фирсова
fig. g Татьяна Фирсова, CC0 1.0 / obs. 80761379
Ribes spicatum, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. h Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 80442401

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Ribes spicatum is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya, Baltic States, Belgium, Central European Russia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Ukraine AltayAmurBuryatiyaChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMagadanManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeTuvaWest SiberiaYakutiyaBaltic StatesBelgiumCentral European RussiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandGermanyNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayPolandRomaniaSwedenUkraine
Native distribution of Ribes spicatum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK
Baltic States BLT EUROPE
Belgium BGM
Central European Russia RUC
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Sweden SWE
Ukraine UKR

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 33 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ribes acidum Turcz. ex Pojark.
  • Ribes densiflorum Liou
  • Ribes glabellum (Trautv. & C.A.Mey.) Hedl.
  • Ribes heteromorphum Topa
  • Ribes hispidulum (Janch.) Pojark.
  • Ribes liouanum Kitag.
  • Ribes lioui C.Wang & Chang Y.Yang
  • Ribes lithuanicum Jancz.
  • Ribes palczewskii (Janch.) Pojark.
  • Ribes petraeum Sm.
  • Ribes petraeum var. spicatum (E.Robson) Gray
  • Ribes pubescens (Hartm.) Hedl.
  • Ribes pubescens Kom.
  • Ribes rubrum f. glabellum (Trautv. & C.A.Mey.) Regel
  • Ribes rubrum subsp. petraeum Nyman
  • Ribes rubrum subsp. schlechtendalii (Lange) P.Fourn.
  • Ribes rubrum subsp. sylvestre Syme
  • Ribes rubrum var. bromfieldianum Syme
  • Ribes rubrum var. glabellum Trautv. & C.A.Mey.
  • Ribes rubrum var. hispidulum Jancz.
  • Ribes rubrum var. palczewckii Jancz.
  • Ribes rubrum var. palczewskii Jancz.
  • Ribes rubrum var. pseudopetraeum Baenitz
  • Ribes rubrum var. pubescens

and 9 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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