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Ribes alpinum L.

Mountain currant

source: Kristan Peters (2006) & André Karwath (2005), publisher: Wikimedia Commons (GFDL license & CCASA 2.5 Generic)
source: Kristan Peters (2006) & André Karwath (2005), publisher: Wikimedia Commons (GFDL license & CCASA 2.5 Generic)

Nomenclature

GrinTax Ribes alpinum L.
The Plant list Ribes alpinum L.
English name Mountain currant



Crop relationship
Black currant same genus
Gooseberry same genus
Red currant same genus



FLORON data (2014)
Indigeneity naturalized in 19th century
Trend since 1950 stable or increasing
Presence rare
Status least concern
Legal protection unlisted

© NDFF, 2015
© NDFF, 2015

Legend distribution maps

upper map:

  • red: locations of presence from year 2000 onwards
  • blue: previous localities where the species has not been observed anymore after 1999.
  • source: Verspreidingsatlas.nl

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lower map:

Distribution area
Europe N-, S- and Central-Europe
Asia SW-Asia
Africa -
North-America SE-North-America
South-America -
Australia -
source: wilde-planten.nl, 2015
source: wilde-planten.nl, 2015

Expected distribution due to climate change

Expected distribution area in 2070 in the European region and in the Netherlands compared with current suitable areas under an optimistic and a pessimistic climate change scenario (see: About CWRnl / Methodology). Click on a map to enlarge.

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Optimistic scenario

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Distribution data GBIF, July 2017. doi:10.15468/dl.nw009u
Distribution data GBIF, July 2017. doi:10.15468/dl.nw009u

Pessimistic scenario

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Additional information