Descriptive Data Korotkova Cactaceae Morphology for Rhipsalis Gaertn.

A single or the first number in square brackets denotes sample size
CharacterStates/Values
   old stem segment durationdeciduous [33]
   stem width0.312 cm
   stem shapeterete [18], flattened [12], angled [12], angle [1]
   stem architectureseam [1]
   entire plant habitatepiphytic [31], epilithic [11], lithophytic [3], terrestrial [2], epiphyte [2]
   entire plant orientationpendent [33], semierect [4], erect [3]
   entire plant branchingacrotonic [32], subacrotonic [2], mesotonic [1]
   entire plant pubescencesparse pubescent [14], glabrous [13], woolly [6], pubescent [1]
   flower quantity per areol contemporaneously113
   flower colorationwhite [27], whitish [18], yellowish [6], greenish [5], yellow [2], pale pink [2], red [1], orange [1], magenta [1], golden [1], cream [1], brownish [1]
   flower architectureactinomorphic [34]
   flower positionlateral [36], subapical [33], apical [3], subterminal [2]
   flower size qualitativsmall [34], minute [9], medium [3]
   flower size quantitativ0.545 mm
   areole prominencesuperficial [41], sunken [6], hidden [1]
   fruit colorationwhite [17], whitish [10], pink [9], red [5], greenish [3], yellow [2], purplish [2], pale pink [2], magenta [2], reddish pink [1], reddish [1], pinkish [1], orange [1], green [1], greeen [1], gray [1], golden [1]
   fruit shapeglobose [20], subglobose [11], turbinate [4], ovoid [3], depressed globose [3], elongate [2], oblong [1]
   bud orientationperpendicular [23], oblique [9], pendulous [2]

Sources

  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis agudoensis N.P.Taylor
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis baccifera (Sol.) Stearn
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis burchellii Britton & Rose
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis campos-portoana Loefgr.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis cereoides (Backeb. & Voll) Backeb.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis cereuscula Haw.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis clavata F.A.C.Weber
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis crispata (Haw.) Pfeiff.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis cuneata Britton & Rose
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis dissimilis (G.Lindb.) K.Schum.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis elliptica G.Lindb. ex K.Schum.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis ewaldiana Barthlott & N.P.Taylor
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis floccosa Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis goebeliana Backeb.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis grandiflora Haw.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis hoelleri Barthlott & N.P.Taylor
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis juengeri Barthlott & N.P.Taylor
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis lindbergiana K.Schum.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides Haw.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis micrantha (Kunth) DC.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis neves-armondii K.Schum.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis occidentalis Barthlott & Rauh
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis olivifera N.P.Taylor & Zappi
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis pacheco-leonis Loefgr.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis pachyptera Pfeiff.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis paradoxa (Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis pentaptera Pfeiff. ex A.Dietr.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis pilocarpa Loefgr.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis pulchra Loefgr.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis puniceodiscus G.Lindb.
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis russellii Britton & Rose
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis shaferi Britton & Rose
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis sulcata F.A.C.Weber
  • Aggregated description for Rhipsalis teres (Vell.) Steud.
  • Description copied from former accepted taxon: Rhipsalis trigona Pfeiff. sec. Korotkova & al. 2011 (Old title: Aggregated description for Rhipsalis trigona Pfeiff.)