| Taxon | Ribes velutinum |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Grossulariaceae |
| Family common name(s) | gooseberry; currant |
| Genus common name(s) | ribes; currant; currants; currant-bush; wild currant; wild currants; current; gooseberry; goose-berry; goose berry; gooseberries; wild gooseberry; goose-currant; goose currant; goosecurrant |
| Species common name(s) | desert gooseberry; desert goose-berry; plateau gooseberry |
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| Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Goodding's gooseberry [var. gooddingii] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | dessert gooseberry is applied to multiple Ribes taxa; wild gooseberry, gooseberry are applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Notes | Goodding is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Gooddings, Gooding, Gooding's, Goodings are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. gooddingii (M. Peck) C.L. Hitchc.; var. velutinum; Grossularia velutina (Greene) Coville & Britton |
