Pseudorhipsalis Britton & Rose sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
Pseudorhipsalis Britton & Rose sec. Korotkova & al. 2017, Cactaceae 4: 213. 1923
- Type: Pseudorhipsalis alata
- =Wittia in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 13: 117. 1903, nom. illeg., syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
- Type: Wittia amazonica
- =Wittiocactus in Taxon 31: 558. 1982 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
- Type: Wittiocactus amazonicus
Notes
Phylogenetics: Pseudorhipsalis was newly circumscribed by Korotkova & al. (2017) based on the results of their phylogenetic study. A Pseudorhipsalis clade including the nomenclatural type P. alata received maximum support from all analyses therein, but P. ramulosa was not part of that clade and a new genus Kimnachia was established for P. ramulosa (see also there).A
Taxon standing
Category A: The genus is monophyletic based on a complete or very comprehensive phylogenetic study, and a phylogeny-based taxonomic synopsis was published.B
Bibliography
A. 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