Common Currant vs Pilbara ningaui

Ribes rubrum compared with Ningaui timealeyi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Currant	Pilbara ningaui
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Grossulariaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Ribes	Ningaui
Species	Ribes rubrum	Ningaui timealeyi

Conservation Status

Common Currant

LC — Least Concern

Pilbara ningaui

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Currant	Pilbara ningaui
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Currant

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Japan, Turkey), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Pilbara ningaui

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Common Currant

<em>Ribes rubrum</em>, commonly known as common currant or red currant, is a deciduous shrub in the family Grossulariaceae. It is native to western Europe and parts of Asia and has been widely cultivated and naturalized across North America and South America. Common currant typically grows in moist, fertile soils in woodland edges, hedgerows, riverbanks, and disturbed habitats. The species produces clusters of small, translucent red berries that are rich in vitamin C and commonly used in jams, jellies, juices, and desserts. Its lobed leaves resemble those of maple and turn yellow in autumn. The flowers are small and inconspicuous, borne in pendulous racemes in spring. Red currant is an important food source for birds and small mammals. The species is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.