Rhipsalis pacheco-leonis

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Rhipsalis pacheco-leonis

Rhipsalis pacheco-leonis Loefgr. in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: 38. 1918 sec. Korotkova & al. 20111
  • Lepismium pacheco-leonis (Loefgr.) Backeb., Kaktus-ABC: 154. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 19952
  • Hylorhipsalis pacheco-leonis (Loefgr.) Doweld in Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 39. 2002 ["2001"] syn. sec. Korotkova 20213
    • Lectotype (designated by Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: 594): Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Mun. São Pedro da Aldeia, Iguaba Grande, 1915, J.N. Rose & Campos-Porto 20707 (US)
    • Holotype: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, region of Cabo Frio, 1915, Campos-Porto & Rose (not found at RB, R or SP)
  • 1. Korotkova, N., Borsch, T., Quandt, D., Taylor, N. P., Müller, K. & Barthlott, W. 2011: What does it take to resolve relationships and to identify species with molecular markers? An example from the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). – American Journal of Botany 98(9): 1549-1572. http://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000502, 2. Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: Notes towards a monograph of Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). – Bradleya 13: 43-79. http://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n13.1995.a7, 3. Korotkova, N. 2021: Revisions of Deamia, Disocactus, Epiphyllum, Hatiora, Kimnachia, Lepismium, Leuenbergeria, Lymanbensonia, Pereskia, Pfeiffera, Pseudorhipsalis, Rhipsalidopsis, Rhipsalis, Schlumbergera, Selenicereus, Strophocactus, Weberocereus, and various other names. In: Korotkova N. & al., Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org – a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. – Willdenowia 51: 250-270. http://doi.org/10.3372/wi.51.51208, 4. Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: Notes towards a monograph of Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). – Bradleya 13: 43-79. http://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n13.1995.a7

Distribution (General)

Brazil: (S & E Rio de Janeiro)
The subsp. pacheco-leonis is known from the municipios of Macaé, Cabo Frio and Rio de Janeiro (Pedra da Gávea), within the state of Rio de Janeiro. A

Ecology

Epiphytic and epilithic. A

Descriptions (aggregated)

Old stem segment duration: deciduous [1]; stem width: 0.7 cm [1]; stem shape: angled [1] entire plant habitat: epiphytic [1]; entire plant orientation: pendent [1]; entire plant branching: subacrotonic [1]; entire plant pubescence: sparse pubescent [1], glabrous [1] flower quantity per areol contemporaneously: 1 [2]; flower coloration: whitish [1], white [1], orange [1], brownish [1]; flower architecture: actinomorphic [1]; flower position: subapical [1], lateral [1]; flower size qualitativ: small [2]; flower size quantitativ: 10 mm [1] areole prominence: superficial [1], sunken [1] fruit coloration: white [1], red [1], pinkish [1], pink [1]; fruit shape: globose [2] bud orientation: oblique [1]
A single or the first number in square brackets denotes sample size

Bibliography

A. Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: Notes towards a monograph of Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). – Bradleya 13: 43-79. http://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n13.1995.a7