Ribes Ussuriense
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''Ribes ussuriense'' (common name - Korean black currant) is an Asian species of ''
Ribes ''Ribes'' () is a genus of about 200 known species of flowering plants, most of them native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The species may be known as various kinds of currants, such as redcurrants, blackcurrants, and White ...
'' (currant), first described in 1906 by Edward Janczewski (in 1904 the name alone was published)de Vilmorin, M.L. & Bois, D. (1904
''Fruticetum Vilmorinianum'' l. 138
/ref> The species epithet, ''ussuriense'', means that the species comes from Ussuri. It is considered to be a synonym of '' Ribes procumbens'' by
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, which follows Chang, Kim & Chang (2014, 2021).Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2021). Checklist of Far East Asian Vascular Flora 2: 627-1887. EABCN, Seoul.Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST. However, it is considered to be a separate species by Russian authorities,Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources and by the Korean National Species List (국가종목록).


Description

It is a deciduous shrub growing to heights of about 1 m. its branches are green and covered with short hairs and glandular dots. The leaves are opposite, the petioles are 3–7 cm long and also have short hairs and glandular dots. The leaf blade is round, 4–8 cm long, 4–10 cm wide, and shallowly divided into 3–5 lobes. The leaf base is heart-shaped, and its margins are coarsely serrated. The veins on the front and back of the leaf have short hairs and glandular dots. The flowers occur in groups of 5–9 in short racemes from the ends of branches and leaf axils. The flower stalks are 3–5 mm long and have fine hairs. The light-yellow petals are ovate-lanceolate.


Phenology

In
Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...
, it flowers in June, with its round berries ripening to black in August. The berries are edible.


Distribution

It is native to the north of Korea (where it grows on highland plains) and to
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and Ussuri in Russia.


References

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