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SPECIES: Ribes velutinum | Desert Gooseberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
RIBVEL

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   RIVE
   RIVEG
   RIVEV


COMMON NAMES : 
   desert gooseberry
   Gooding's gooseberry


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for desert gooseberry is Ribes
velutinum Greene [8,30].  It is a memeber of the gooseberry family
(Grossulariaceae).  Kartesz [30] recognizes the following two varieties:

R. v. var. goodingii (M. E. Peck) C. L. Hitchc. (Gooding's gooseberry)
R. v. var. velutinum Greene (desert gooseberry)

A third variety of desert gooseberry may be described based on specimens
collected in the Salmon River Canyon, near the mouth of Panther Creek,
Idaho [29].


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
G. Winkler, August 1987


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


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

Related categories for Species: Ribes velutinum | Desert Gooseberry