| Taxon | Ribes aureum var. gracillimum |
| 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) | golden currant; golden currants; golden current; golden flowering currant; golden flowering current; golden-flowered currant; golden flowered currant; gold currant; yellow currant; gold flowering currant; yellow currants; yellow current; yellow flowering currant; yellow flowering-currant; yellow flowering current; yellow-flowering golden currant; yellow-flowered currant; slender golden currant; fragrant golden currant; spice currant; clove currant; clove current; buffalo currant; buffalo currants; buffalo current; Lewis's currant; Lewis' currant; Lewis and Clark's currant |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | flowering currant, flowering-currant, garden currant are applied to multiple Ribes taxa; Missouri currant is most appropriately applied to var. villosum; spice-bush, spicebush, spice bush, wild gooseberry, gooseberry are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian currant |
| Notes | Lewis, Clark are proper names, so upper case preferable; Lewi's, Clarks are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Ribes gracillimum Coville & Britton |
