Native to Afghanistan, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Greece, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, West Himalaya (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Georgia
42.6625, 44.619722
Location Remarks
Various points along the road-trail to Gergeti Trinity Church (also called Sameba Church), west of the village of Kazbegi.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Saxifragales
Family
Grossulariaceae
Genus
Ribes
Specific Epithet
orientale
Authorship
Desf.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 11.4
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.9
Global rank
#47,051 of 335,497
Top 15%
Extinction probability
10%