The gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa (syn. R. grossularia)'s a species of Ribes, native to Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia. It's one of several similar species in the subgenus Grossularia; for the other related species (for example, North American Gooseberry Ribes hirtellum), see the genus page Ribes. Although usually placed as a subgenus within Ribes, a few taxonomists treat Grossularia as a separate genus, although hybrids between gooseberry and blackcurrant (for example, the Jos… (More on Gooseberry)