Rhipsalis elliptica Paralectotype: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Mun. Rio de Janeiro, Glaziou 14859 (K: K000009514) Lectotype: Brazil, São Paulo, Sorocaba, Espigão do Curupira - annotated by Lindberg and Schumann; Rio de Janeiro, Mun. Rio de Janeiro, 1874-1875, C.W.H. Mosén 3630 (S: S-R-5471) Paralectotype: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Mun. Rio de Janeiro, Glaziou 14859 (C: C10008974) DNA Bank DB 39720 Brazil, Goiás., Braun, P. 879 (Herbarium Berolinense: B GT 0023314) DNA Bank DB 39721 Brazil, Paraná. Abfahrt Itaitaia bis Ponta Crossa., Mar 1990, W. Barthlott 90-29 (Herbarium Berolinense: B GT 0023315)