Ribes leptanthum

Ribes leptanthum is a spiny-stemmed, small-leaved species of gooseberry in the genus Ribes commonly called trumpet gooseberry.[2] It is native to Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah,[3] where it is usually found in high-altitude canyons.[2]

Trumpet gooseberry
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Ribes
Species:
R. leptanthum
Binomial name
Ribes leptanthum
Synonyms[2]

Grossularia leptantha (A.Gray ) Coville & Britton
Ribes leptanthum var. veganum Cockerell

Ethnobotany

Historically the berries of R. leptanthum have been consumed in Native American cultures in a variety of ways: they are readily eaten fresh by Apache peoples, including the Chiricahua, Mescalero, and other peoples (specifically those in the vicinity of Isleta and Jemez in New Mexico); used as an ingredient in cakes made for overwintering by Chiricahua, and Mescalero peoples; and, in those communities where early-settling Spanish and Native American cultures have generally mingled or influenced each other, R. leptanthum berries are used in recipes for jellies and wines.[4]

References
  1.  Ribes leptanthum was first described and published in Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science new series 4(1): 53. 1849 "Name - Ribes leptanthum A.Gray". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 2, 2011. IT: A. Fendler 254; 25 May 1847; USA: New Mexico: Banks of Rio del Norte, near Santa Fe
  2. "Ribes leptanthum Gray (Trumpet Gooseberry)". Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness. Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. "PLANTS Profile Trumpet Gooseberry | USDA". USDA Plant Profile. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  4. Dan Moerman. "Search for Ribes leptanthum". Native American Ethnobotany Database. Dearborn, Michigan: University of Michigan. Retrieved June 2, 2011.


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