Details for: PI 556324, Ribes spicatum E. Robson, 'Comet'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Ribes spicatum E. Robson

Cultivar:

'Comet'

Origin:

Developed – England, United Kingdom

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

08 Nov 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

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National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Restricted Distribution due to Pathogen infection

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Ribes spicatum E. Robson

Cultivar:

'Comet'

Origin:

Developed – England, United Kingdom

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

08 Nov 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

1890.
England, United Kingdom
Comment: Cultivar introduced in US in late 1800's

Donated

08 November 1989.
England, United Kingdom
Comment: Cuttings from Brogdale Farm, UK via Steve McKay (California) to USDA-ARS NCGR-Corvallis.
Donor(s):

National Fruit Collection

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Comet'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: RED CURRANT

red fruited currant

Ribes spicatum

Type: Site identifier

Group: SPECIES

accession preserved for genes

CRIB 462

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Possibly Fay

Type: Duplicate accession name

Group: OTHERNUM

other identifier

RED CURRANT

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

PRIB 462

Type: Inventory

Narrative

Thought by some to be identical with Versailles, Fay by others

Ribes spicatum E. Robson

Genus:

Ribes

Subgenus:

Ribes

Section:

Ribes

Family:

Grossulariaceae

Nomen number:

313955

Place of publication:

W. Withering, Arr. Brit. pl. ed. 3, 2:265. 1796

Comment:

= R. rubrum sensu auct. nonn.

Verified:

11/27/1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Ribes spicatum E. Robson subsp. hispidulum (Jancz.) Hämet-Ahti (0 active accession[s])
Ribes spicatum E. Robson subsp. lapponicum Hyl. (0 active accession[s])
Ribes spicatum E. Robson subsp. palczewskii (Jancz.) Malyschev (14 active accession[s])
Ribes spicatum E. Robson subsp. spicatum (2 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ribes acidum Pojark.

Invalid Designation(s)
Ribes rubrum auct. nonn.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	downy currant		1	Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
English	Nordic currant		1	Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
English	northern red currant	as Ribes rubrum	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Ribes rubrum
English	red currant	as Ribes rubrum	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Ribes rubrum
German	ährige Johannisbeere		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
German	nordische Johannisbeere		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Swedish	skogsvinbär		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transliterated Russian	kislica		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Transliterated Russian	smorodina kolosistaâ		2	Laasimer, L. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of the Baltic countries; compendium of vascular plants.

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 17 Feb 2012, from Ribes rubrum L. to Ribes spicatum E. Robson