Rhipsalis
Rhipsalis, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 137. 1788, nom. cons., sec. Korotkova 2021
- Type: Rhipsalis cassutha
- =Hylorhipsalis in Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 37. 2002 ["2001"] syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
- Type: Hylorhipsalis pentaptera
Taxon standing
Category B. The genus is monophyletic based on phylogenetic studies that support the clade based on a sufficiently dense or even complete sampling, or support a monotypic genus as a distinct lineage, but do not provide a new taxonomic treatment at the species level. In many cases, older classical taxonomic synopses or a monographic treatment exist for these genera providing a reliable assessment of the species included.
Notes
Phylogenetics: The circumscription of Rhipsalis - one of the oldest genera of the family - has changed repeatedly over time, and often Hatiora, Pseudorhipsalis and Lepismium, all now accepted at generic rank, were variously subsumed under Rhipsalis. The morphology-based circumscription of Rhipsalis by Barthlott & Taylor (1995) has been entirely confirmed as monophyletic with maximal support in the molecular phylogenetic study of Korotkova & al. (2011); the same result was shown by Calvente & al. (2011b), though with a less comprehensive sampling.
Rhipsalis is notable since R. baccifera (Sol.) Stearn is the only species of the family that naturally occurs outside the New World. A
Rhipsalis is notable since R. baccifera (Sol.) Stearn is the only species of the family that naturally occurs outside the New World. A
Descriptions (aggregated)
Old stem segment duration: deciduous [33]; stem width: 0.3–12 cm; stem shape: terete [18], flattened [12], angled [12], angle [1]; stem architecture: seam [1] entire plant habitat: epiphytic [31], epilithic [11], lithophytic [3], terrestrial [2], epiphyte [2]; entire plant orientation: pendent [33], semierect [4], erect [3]; entire plant branching: acrotonic [32], subacrotonic [2], mesotonic [1]; entire plant pubescence: sparse pubescent [14], glabrous [13], woolly [6], pubescent [1] flower quantity per areol contemporaneously: 1–13; flower coloration: white [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 architecture: actinomorphic [34]; flower position: lateral [36], subapical [33], apical [3], subterminal [2]; flower size qualitativ: small [34], minute [9], medium [3]; flower size quantitativ: 0.5–45 mm areole prominence: superficial [41], sunken [6], hidden [1] fruit coloration: white [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 shape: globose [20], subglobose [11], turbinate [4], ovoid [3], depressed globose [3], elongate [2], oblong [1] bud orientation: perpendicular [23], oblique [9], pendulous [2]
A single or the first number in square brackets denotes sample size
Bibliography
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