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SPECIES: Ribes cereum | Wax Currant 


ABBREVIATION : 
RIBCER

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   RICE
   RICEC2
   RICEC
   RICEP


COMMON NAMES : 
   wax currant
   squaw currant
   whisky currant


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for wax currant is Ribes cereum
Dougl. [19].  It is a member of the gooseberry family
(Grossulariaceae).  Kartesz [21] recognized the following three
varieties:
	
	R. cereum var. cereum Dougl. (wax currant)
	R. cereum var. colubrinum C. L. Hitchc. (wax currant)
	R. cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. (whisky currant)


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
Ribes cereum var. colubrinum is listed as imperiled to critically
imperiled in the state of Washington [52].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
G. Winkler, August 1987


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
K. Anna Marshall, April 1995


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Marshall, K. Anna. 1995. Winkler, G. 1987. Ribes cereum. In: Remainder of Citation

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