| Orange gooseberry | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Grossulariaceae |
| Genus: | Ribes |
| Species: | R. pinetorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Ribes pinetorum Greene 1881
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Grossularia pinetorum (Greene) Coville & Britton | |
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]
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
- ^ Tropicos, Ribes pinetorum Greene
- ^ a b Flora of North America Ribes pinetorum Greene, 157. 1881. Orange gooseberry
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
- ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description, distribution map
- ^ photo of lectotype specimen of Ribes pinetorumat Missouri Botanical Garden
- ^ Greene, Edward Lee. 1881. Botanical Gazette 6(1): 157
- ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord. 1908. North American Flora 22(3): 217.
- ^ Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1960. Arizona Flora. (ed. 2) 1032 pp. University of California Press, Berkeley.
