Ribes galeana Axelrod 1958 (currant)

Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Grossulariaceae

Full reference: D. I. Axelrod. 1958. The Pliocene Verdi flora of western Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 34(2):91-159

Belongs to Ribes according to D. I. Axelrod 1958

Sister taxa: Ribes alpinum, Ribes cynosbati, Ribes florissanti, Ribes grossularia, Ribes neomexicana, Ribes nigrum, Ribes oxyacanthoides, Ribes protomelaenum, Ribes reclinatum, Ribes rubrum, Ribes uvacrispa

Type specimen: UCMP Paleobotany 2018. Its type locality is Verdi Flora, which is in a Pliocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Coal Valley Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Verdi Flora

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