| Taxon | Ribes menziesii var. menziesii |
| 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) | Menzies's gooseberry; Menzies's goose-berry; Menzies' gooseberry; Menzies' goose-berry; Menzies gooseberry; Menzies goose-berry; coast prickly-fruited gooseberry; coast prickly fruited gooseberry; cañon gooseberry |
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| Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | porcupine gooseberry [var. hystrix]; bay gooseberry [var. leptosmum] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | canyon gooseberry, coast gooseberry, coastal gooseberry, chaparral currant, chaparral current, prickly gooseberry, prickley gooseberry, fragrant gooseberry are applied to multiple Ribes taxa; Santa Cruz gooseberry is applied to Ribes menziesii var. senile and Ribes thacherianum; wild gooseberry, gooseberry are applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Notes | Menzies is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Menzie's, Menzes's are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. faustum Jeps.; var. hystriculum Jeps.; var. hystrix (Eastw.) Jeps.; var. leptosmum (Coville) Jeps.; var. senile (Coville) Jeps.; Grossularia menziesii (Pursh) Coville & Britton; Grossularia hystrix (Eastw.) Coville & Britton; Grossularia leptosma Coville; Grossularia senilis Coville |
