What is Ribes?
{{Taxobox | image = Ribes_divaricatum_5391.JPG | image_caption = ''[[Ribes divaricatum]]'' (spreading gooseberry) | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] | unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] | ordo = [[Saxifragales]] | familia = '''Grossulariaceae''' | genus = '''''Ribes''''' | genus_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] | range_map = Grossulariaceae Distribution.svg | range_map_caption = The range of ''Ribes'' |synonyms_ref=<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=128544 Flora of North America, ''Ribes'' Linnaeus, 1753; Currant, gooseberry ]</ref>}} [[File:Eloise_Harriet_Stannard_Still_life_with_red_currants_(1900).jpg|thumb|[[Eloise Harriet Stannard]]: Still life with red currants (1900)]] '''''Ribes''''' is a [[genus]] of about 150 species of [[Angiosperms|flowering plants]]. They are native throughout the [[temperate]] regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. It is the only genus in the family '''Grossulariaceae'''.<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal |last=[[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]] |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x/pdf | format= PDF |accessdate=2013-07-06 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x }}</ref> Seven sub[[genera]] are recognized. Sometimes ''Ribes'' is instead put in the family [[Saxifragaceae]]. A few taxonomists place the [[gooseberry]] species in a separate genus of ''Grossularia''. ==Cultivation== The genus ''Ribes'' includes the edible currants ([[blackcurrant]], [[redcurrant]], [[white currant]]), [[gooseberry]], and several hybrid varieties. It should not be confused with the dried currant used in cakes and puddings, which is a [[cultivar]] of small [[grape]] ([[Zante currant]]). ''Ribes'' gives its name to the popular blackcurrant cordial [[Ribena]]. The genus also includes the group of orn