Ribes lacustre
(Pers.) Poir. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Ribes lacustre's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 773 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics23 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
The shrub Ribes lacustre is known by the common names prickly currant, black swamp gooseberry, and black gooseberry.Wildflowers found in Oregon - Black Swamp Gooseberry It is widely distributed, from California to Alaska and across North America east to Pennsylvania and Newfoundland, and south as far as New Mexico.Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map Racemes of 5 to 15 pink disk-shaped flowers hang from stems covered with short hairs, bristles and spines. The shrub grows erect to spreading, 0.5–2 m. Clusters of reddish to maroon flowers bloom in spring. The fruit consists of dark purple berries 6–8 mm long. It blooms in April through August and may be found in low-elevation forests to the subalpine. Outside its native range, Ribes species may be invasive.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology5
Life cycle & reproduction25
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment24
Physiology & chemistry15
Uses & economy14
Other traits6
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ribes lacustre has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Ribes lacustre carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 168×GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn66 +4
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type7 773 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions80 of 124 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Moscow, US | 234 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 231 |
| Pullman, US | 186 |
| Vancouver, CA | 169 |
| Corvallis, US | 158 |
| Québec, CA | 135 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 117 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 109 |
| Missoula, US | 96 |
| Toronto, CA | 77 |
| Madison, US | 76 |
| Boise, US | 69 |
| St. Paul, US | 63 |
| Bronx, US | 59 |
| Arcata, US | 59 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 54 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 50 |
| Burlington, US | 49 |
| Durham, US | 44 |
| Angwin, US | 38 |
| Saint John, CA | 38 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 36 |
| Victoria, CA | 34 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 32 |
| Bozeman, US | 30 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 29 |
| Pocatello, US | 26 |
| Montréal, CA | 24 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 22 |
| Green Bay, US | 20 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 19 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 18 |
| University of Lethbridgelocation not on record | 13 |
| DOI/NPS, Mount Rainier National Parklocation not on record | 13 |
| Denver, US | 12 |
| Bloomington, US | 11 |
| Spearfish, US | 11 |
| Logan, US | 11 |
| Tacoma, US | 10 |
| USFS/BHSClocation not on record | 10 |
| Pittsburg, US | 10 |
| Provo, US | 10 |
| Ashland, US | 9 |
| Tampa, US | 8 |
| Caldwell, US | 8 |
| WINlocation not on record | 7 |
| Portland, US | 7 |
| Claremont, US | 7 |
| Yukon Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| Orem, US | 6 |
| Philadelphia, US | 6 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 5 |
| Portland, US | 5 |
| Riverside, US | 5 |
| Montréal, CA | 5 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 5 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 4 |
| Cheney, US | 4 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Mississippi State, US | 4 |
| Saint Louis, US | 4 |
| Flagstaff, US | 4 |
| San Angelo, US | 3 |
| HJAEFlocation not on record | 3 |
| Albuquerque, US | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| KNFHClocation not on record | 3 |
| Davenport, US | 3 |
| Chadron, US | 3 |
| Brookings, US | 2 |
| CASlocation not on record | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Trois-Rivières, CA | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Uppsala, SE | 2 |
| Los Angeles, US | 2 |
| Knoxville, US | 2 |
| Pacific Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of British Columbialocation not on record | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| Millersville, US | 2 |
| SEFlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bend, US | 2 |
| Royal Alberta Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Staten Island, US | 2 |
| University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 1 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
| Bureau of Land Management, Medford District Officelocation not on record | 1 |
| Bothell, US | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| KNFYlocation not on record | 1 |
| McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Williamsburg, US | 1 |
| Yellowstone National Park Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| Walla Walla, US | 1 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| STNFlocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Guilin, CN | 1 |
| Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| San Jose, US | 1 |
| DULlocation not on record | 1 |
| Oswego, US | 1 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Ribes lacustre was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.