Vasilis Teodoridis:
Saxifragaceae | Ribes
24. Ribes himalense Royle ex Decaisne in Jacquemont; Voy. Inde. 4(Bot.): 66. 1844.
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Shrubs 1-2 m tall. Branchlets glabrous; unarmed. Buds purplish brown; ovoid to oblong; 3-5 mm; glabrous or puberulent at scale margins; apex acute. Petiole red; 3-5 cm; glabrous or minutely pubescent; sparsely glandular hairy or tuberculate near base; leaf blade ovate to suborbicular; 5-10 x 6-10 cm; sparsely glandular hairy or tuberculate on both surfaces; with or without eglandular hairs; base cordate; lobes 3-5; ovate-triangular; margin roughly sharply doubly serrate; also with some simple teeth; apex acute to shortly acuminate; terminal lobe slightly longer than lateral ones. Racemes dense; (2.5-)5-10 cm; 8-20-flowered; rachis and pedicels pubescent or sparsely stalked glandular; bracts ovate; rarely oblong to sublanceolate; 1-2 mm or slightly longer; puberulent. Flowers bisexual; 4-6 mm in diam.; pedicel 1.5-3 mm. Calyx green tinged purple or purplish red; glabrous or puberulent; tube campanulate; 1.5-2 mm; lobes erect; obovate-spatulate to suborbicular; 2-3.5 mm; margin ciliate. Petals red or green tinged purplish; subspatulate to flabellate; 1-1.7 mm; margin ciliate. Stamens inserted level with petals and subequaling them. Ovary glabrous. Style subequaling stamens; apex 2-lobed. Fruit red; turning purplish black after maturity; globose; 0.6-0.7 cm; glabrous. Fl. Apr-Jun; fr. Jul-Aug.
Mixed; coniferous; or broad-leaved forests and forest margins; thickets on mountain slopes; river banks; or in ravines; grasslands on mountain slopes; mountain valleys; stream banks; roadsides; 1200-4100 m. Gansu; Hebei; NW Henan; W Hubei; Nei Mongol; SE Ningxia; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; Xizang; NW Yunnan [Bhutan; Kashmir; Nepal; Sikkim].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Saxifragaceae | Ribes
24. Ribes himalense Royle ex Decaisne in Jacquemont; Voy. Inde. 4(Bot.): 66. 1844.
??(???)? tang cha biao zi
Shrubs 1-2 m tall. Branchlets glabrous; unarmed. Buds purplish brown; ovoid to oblong; 3-5 mm; glabrous or puberulent at scale margins; apex acute. Petiole red; 3-5 cm; glabrous or minutely pubescent; sparsely glandular hairy or tuberculate near base; leaf blade ovate to suborbicular; 5-10 x 6-10 cm; sparsely glandular hairy or tuberculate on both surfaces; with or without eglandular hairs; base cordate; lobes 3-5; ovate-triangular; margin roughly sharply doubly serrate; also with some simple teeth; apex acute to shortly acuminate; terminal lobe slightly longer than lateral ones. Racemes dense; (2.5-)5-10 cm; 8-20-flowered; rachis and pedicels pubescent or sparsely stalked glandular; bracts ovate; rarely oblong to sublanceolate; 1-2 mm or slightly longer; puberulent. Flowers bisexual; 4-6 mm in diam.; pedicel 1.5-3 mm. Calyx green tinged purple or purplish red; glabrous or puberulent; tube campanulate; 1.5-2 mm; lobes erect; obovate-spatulate to suborbicular; 2-3.5 mm; margin ciliate. Petals red or green tinged purplish; subspatulate to flabellate; 1-1.7 mm; margin ciliate. Stamens inserted level with petals and subequaling them. Ovary glabrous. Style subequaling stamens; apex 2-lobed. Fruit red; turning purplish black after maturity; globose; 0.6-0.7 cm; glabrous. Fl. Apr-Jun; fr. Jul-Aug.
Mixed; coniferous; or broad-leaved forests and forest margins; thickets on mountain slopes; river banks; or in ravines; grasslands on mountain slopes; mountain valleys; stream banks; roadsides; 1200-4100 m. Gansu; Hebei; NW Henan; W Hubei; Nei Mongol; SE Ningxia; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; Xizang; NW Yunnan [Bhutan; Kashmir; Nepal; Sikkim].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Saxifragaceae | Ribes
24. Ribes himalense Royle ex Decaisne in Jacquemont; Voy. Inde. 4(Bot.): 66. 1844.
??(???)? tang cha biao zi
Shrubs 1-2 m tall. Branchlets glabrous; unarmed. Buds purplish brown; ovoid to oblong; 3-5 mm; glabrous or puberulent at scale margins; apex acute. Petiole red; 3-5 cm; glabrous or minutely pubescent; sparsely glandular hairy or tuberculate near base; leaf blade ovate to suborbicular; 5-10 x 6-10 cm; sparsely glandular hairy or tuberculate on both surfaces; with or without eglandular hairs; base cordate; lobes 3-5; ovate-triangular; margin roughly sharply doubly serrate; also with some simple teeth; apex acute to shortly acuminate; terminal lobe slightly longer than lateral ones. Racemes dense; (2.5-)5-10 cm; 8-20-flowered; rachis and pedicels pubescent or sparsely stalked glandular; bracts ovate; rarely oblong to sublanceolate; 1-2 mm or slightly longer; puberulent. Flowers bisexual; 4-6 mm in diam.; pedicel 1.5-3 mm. Calyx green tinged purple or purplish red; glabrous or puberulent; tube campanulate; 1.5-2 mm; lobes erect; obovate-spatulate to suborbicular; 2-3.5 mm; margin ciliate. Petals red or green tinged purplish; subspatulate to flabellate; 1-1.7 mm; margin ciliate. Stamens inserted level with petals and subequaling them. Ovary glabrous. Style subequaling stamens; apex 2-lobed. Fruit red; turning purplish black after maturity; globose; 0.6-0.7 cm; glabrous. Fl. Apr-Jun; fr. Jul-Aug.
Mixed; coniferous; or broad-leaved forests and forest margins; thickets on mountain slopes; river banks; or in ravines; grasslands on mountain slopes; mountain valleys; stream banks; roadsides; 1200-4100 m. Gansu; Hebei; NW Henan; W Hubei; Nei Mongol; SE Ningxia; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; Xizang; NW Yunnan [Bhutan; Kashmir; Nepal; Sikkim].