Descriptive Data Korotkova Cactaceae Morphology for Schlumbergera Lem.

A single or the first number in square brackets denotes sample size
CharacterStates/Values
   stem width2.5 cm [1]
   stem shapeflattened [6]
   entire plant habitatepiphytic [6], epilithic [5]
   entire plant orientationpendent [5], semierect [2]
   entire plant branchingacrotonic [6]
   entire plant pubescenceglabrous [4]
   flower quantity per areol contemporaneously1 [6]
   flower colorationpink [6]
   flower architecturezygomorphic [5], actinomorphic [1]
   flower positionapical [6]
   flower size qualitativlarge [6]
   areole prominencesuperficial [6]
   fruit colorationgreenish [3], yellow [2], green [2], brown [2], yellowish [1], white [1], red [1], pink [1], greeen [1]
   fruit shapesubglobose [3], turbinate [1], spherical [1], globular [1]
   bud orientationoblique [6]

Sources

  • Aggregated description for Schlumbergera kautskyi (Horobin & McMillan) N.P.Taylor
  • Aggregated description for Schlumbergera microsphaerica (K.Schum.) P.V.Heath
  • Aggregated description for Schlumbergera opuntioides (Loefgr. & Dusén) D.R.Hunt
  • Aggregated description for Schlumbergera orssichiana Barthlott & McMillan
  • Aggregated description for Schlumbergera russelliana (Hook.) Britton & Rose
  • Aggregated description for Schlumbergera truncata (Haw.) Moran