Ribes niveum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes

At a glance

Occurrence records495

Data sources9

Biological traits9

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Ribes niveum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility495 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF495 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 16

01Narrative

Ribes niveum is a North American species of currant known by the common names snowy gooseberry, white-flowered gooseberry, or snow currant. It is native to the western United States (Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada with isolated populations in Colorado and New Mexico).Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map Ribes niveum is a shrub up to 3 meters (10 feet) tall, with white or pale pink flowers and dark blue or dark purple berries. Berries are edible but rather sour.Flora of North America, Ribes niveum Lindley, 1834. Snowy or white-flowered gooseberryLindley, John. 1834. Edwards's Botanical Register 20: plate 1692 and two subsequent unnumbered text pages pull-page color illustration of Ribes niveum in flower, description in Latin, commentary in English

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

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 niveum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

★ITS

fungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Ribes niveum 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.

Chromosomes2n = 16 n = 8

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 161×CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Zielinski 1953

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type495 records

Wild obs. + sensor43

Museum / vouchered306

Other146

Origin

Native141

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 012 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy97% within 1 km

≤100 m 26≤1 km 2≤10 km 1

29 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor43

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.

Coordinate accuracy57% within 1 km

≤100 m 20≤1 km 74≤10 km 66>10 km 6

166 georeferenced · 140 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence306

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions19 of 28 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	50
Corvallis, US	48
Pullman, US	47
Bronx, US	41
WTUlocation not on record	40
Caldwell, US	25
Boise, US	7
Henderson, US	6
Wuzhou, CN	6
ASUlocation not on record	5
Logan, US	5
Phoenix, US	3
Bend, US	2
IDElocation not on record	2
Provo, US	2
VALElocation not on record	2
Pocatello, US	2
Denver, US	2
Claremont, US	1
Portland, US	1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	1
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record	1
Flagstaff, US	1
Kingston, US	1
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record	1
Ashland, US	1
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record	1

28 institutions · 305 of 306 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Ribes niveum 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

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

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.

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