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Ribes ussuriense, Korean black currant, is a deciduous shrub about 1 m tall from northern Korea and the Russian Far East. It is grown mainly as a hardy garden or fruiting currant, and it is closely related to Ribes procumbens.
Ribes ussuriense (common name - Korean black currant) is an Asian species of Ribes (currant), first described in 1906 by Edward Janczewski (in 1904 the name alone was published) The species epithet, ussuriense, means that the species comes from Ussuri.
It is considered to be a synonym of Ribes procumbens by Plants of the World Online, which follows Chang, Kim & Chang (2014, 2021). However, it is considered to be a separate species by Russian authorities, and by the Korean National Species List (국가종목록).
It is native to the north of Korea (where it grows on highland plains) and to Sakhalin and Ussuri in Russia.
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