Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides

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Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides Haw., Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 71. 1821 sec. Korotkova & al. 20111

Neotype (designated by Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: 662): [icon] 'Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides Haw. Collected in Brazil by Messrs Bowie & Cunningham and received from them in 1816 from the Orpheus Frigate', water colour illustration [by T. Duncanson] (K)

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

=Rhipsalis echinata Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 136. 1837 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 19233

3. Britton, N. L. & Rose, J.N. 1923: Cactaceae 4

=Hariota mesembrianthemoides Lem., Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 39. 1838 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 19234

4. Britton, N. L. & Rose, J.N. 1923: Cactaceae 4

=Hariota mesembryanthemodes Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 262. 1891 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 19235

5. Britton, N. L. & Rose, J.N. 1923: Cactaceae 4

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Distribution (General)

Brazil: (Rio de Janeiro): both sides of the Baía de GuanabaraA

Ecology

Epiphytic, at < 600 m altitude. A

Descriptions (aggregated)

Flower quantity per areol contemporaneously: 1 [1]; flower coloration: whitish [1], white [1]; flower size qualitativ: small [1]; flower size quantitativ: 15 mm [1] fruit coloration: white [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