Descriptive Data Korotkova Cactaceae Morphology for Rhipsalis paradoxa (Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck

A single or the first number in square brackets denotes sample size
CharacterStates/Values
   old stem segment durationdeciduous [2]
   stem width0.75 cm
   stem shapeangled [3]
   entire plant habitatepiphytic [1], epiphyte [1]
   entire plant orientationpendent [2]
   entire plant branchingacrotonic [2]
   entire plant pubescencewoolly [2]
   flower quantity per areol contemporaneously1 [2]
   flower colorationyellow [1], whitish [1], white [1]
   flower architectureactinomorphic [2]
   flower positionsubapical [2], lateral [2]
   flower size qualitativsmall [2]
   flower size quantitativ1220 mm
   areole prominencesuperficial [2], sunken [2]
   fruit colorationwhite [1], reddish [1]
   fruit shapedepressed globose [2]
   bud orientationoblique [2]

Sources

  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis paradoxa subsp. septentrionalis N.P.Taylor & Barthlott
  • Dataset Korotkova Cactaceae Morphology: Specimen description for Brazil, Federative Republic of, Bahia. 80 km nordwestlich Salvador auf einzelstehendem Baum., 3.1989, W. Barthlott 89-001.