Talk:Ribes

Weird

How can Ribes be the only genus of Glossulariaceae? I'm no expert of taxonomic rules, but I've never heard of a family name based on a name demoted to a synonym (which the article seems to suggest). --♦♦♦Vlmastra♦♦♦ (talk) 15:21, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

It's unusual, but there are a number of other examples (in fairly well known families, no less). Aquifoliaceae (Ilex), Balsaminaceae (Impatiens), Caprifoliaceae (Lonicera), Caryophyllaceae (Dianthus), Ebenaceae (Diospyros), Fabaceae (Vicia), Hippocastanaceae (Aesculus), and Winteraceae (Drimys) are all based on genera that are no longer recognized (current type genus name is in parentheses, and in all these cases the genus includes a species with the appropriate root for the family e.g. Vicia faba, Aesculus hippocastaneum). The code includes a list of conserved family names and their types, so it's legal under the rules.Plantdrew (talk) 21:07, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Cactaceae is another example. Peter coxhead (talk) 20:24, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

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Pronunciation

I don't know how the current pronunciation is sourced. Is that how botanists normally refer to this genus? The Latin would be more like REE-bess or something.

Kortoso (talk) 19:11, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Pronunciation should be sourced; I've removed it as it was unsourced (and it appears bogus; I'm not good at reading IPA, but it looks like the pronunciation suggested was the same as (or close to) that for "rabies"). Plantdrew (talk) 20:28, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

I added it back again because the OED is available as a source. For your info, it is "RYE bees", not "rabies". --Money money tickle parsnip (talk) 20:35, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

(See also Help:IPA/English for more info on the transcription scheme.) --Money money tickle parsnip (talk) 20:38, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Incidentally, it's also the same vowels as in the first two syllables of Ribena (although the first syllable is stressed). --Money money tickle parsnip (talk) 20:41, 8 January 2018 (UTC)