Family Grossulariaceae

Family Grossulariaceae

There are about about 150 species of the genus Ribes in the Gooseberry Family. Some botanists include currants and gooseberries in the same genus and others separate the gooseberries, which have prickles and spines, into the genus Grossularia. All members of the Ribes genus can act as an alternate host for the fungus which causes blister rust, a disease of the White Pine. [CH] {SH}