Ribes pinetorum

Summary

Ribes pinetorum, the orange gooseberry, is a plant species native to Arizona and New Mexico. It grows in coniferous forests at elevations of 1900–3100 m.[2][3][4]

Orange gooseberry
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Ribes
Species:
R. pinetorum
Binomial name
Ribes pinetorum
Greene 1881
Synonyms[1]

Grossularia pinetorum (Greene) Coville & Britton

Ribes pinetorum is a shrub up to 2 m (80 inches) tall, lacking prickles on the stems. Flowers are solitary, orange, tubular, hanging. Fruits are purple, spherical, about 13 mm (0.52 inch) across, with spines but considered by many people to be good-tasting.[2][5][6][7][8]

References edit

  1. ^ Tropicos, Ribes pinetorum Greene
  2. ^ a b Flora of North America Ribes pinetorum Greene, 157. 1881. Orange gooseberry
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
  4. ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description, distribution map
  5. ^ photo of lectotype specimen of Ribes pinetorumat Missouri Botanical Garden
  6. ^ Greene, Edward Lee. 1881. Botanical Gazette 6(1): 157
  7. ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord. 1908. North American Flora 22(3): 217.
  8. ^ Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1960. Arizona Flora. (ed. 2) 1032 pp. University of California Press, Berkeley.