Rhipsalis floccosa

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Rhipsalis floccosa

Rhipsalis floccosa Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 134. 1837 sec. Korotkova & al. 20111
  • Hariota floccosa (Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.) Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 75. 1839 syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 19952
  • Hariota floccosa (Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 262. 1891 syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 19952
  • Lepismium floccosum (Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.) Backeb., Kaktus-ABC: 155. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 19952
  • Hylorhipsalis floccosa (Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.) Doweld in Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 37. 2002 ["2001"] syn. sec. Korotkova 20213
  • Hatiora floccosa (Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.) Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 75. 1839 syn. sec. The Plant List v. 1.1 20134
    • Neotype (designated by Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: 555): Brazil, Bahia, Mun. Ilhéus, grounds of CEPLAC, 3 Mar. 1974, cult. R.B.G. Kew, 11 Nov. 1992, C. Erskine 164 (K, in spirit)
  • 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. TPL, 5. 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
  • =Hariota floccosa Cels ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 457. 1846, pro syn., syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 19957,6

Descriptions (aggregated)

Old stem segment duration: deciduous [3]; stem width: 0.61 cm [2;x̄=0.8]; stem shape: terete [2], angled [1] entire plant habitat: epiphytic [3], epilithic [2]; entire plant orientation: pendent [3]; entire plant branching: acrotonic [3]; entire plant pubescence: woolly [3] flower quantity per areol contemporaneously: 1 [4]; flower coloration: yellowish [2], white [1], greenish [1]; flower architecture: actinomorphic [3]; flower position: subapical [3], lateral [3]; flower size qualitativ: small [4]; flower size quantitativ: 1320 mm areole prominence: superficial [3], sunken [1] fruit coloration: white [3], whitish [1], pink [1]; fruit shape: turbinate [4] bud orientation: oblique [3]
A single or the first number in square brackets denotes sample size