Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Ribes americanum P. Mill.

Family: Grossulariaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Ribes floridum L'Her., Ribes nigrum pennsylvanicum, Ribes nigrum var. pennsylvanicum Marshall,

Common names:

American black currant (1923-Present) (50, 109, 138, 155)

Black currant (1649-1919) (46, 107)

Blue current (1806) (35)

Chap-ta-haza (1919, Dakota, beaver berries) (37)

Common black currant (1852-1893) (22, 47)

Flowering currant (1923) (156)

Groseiller de Pensylvanie à fruit noir (1785, French) (8)

Mik-min (1932) (105)

Pennsylvania black currants [Pennsylvanian black currants] (1785) (8)

Pezi nuga (1919, Omaha-Ponca, Male gooseberry) (37)

Quinsy berry [Quinsy-berry] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Wild black currant (1840-1986) (2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 19, 37, 63, 72, 92, 93, 105, 108, 112, 113, 130, 156)

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