Rhipsalis pentaptera

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Rhipsalis pentaptera

Rhipsalis pentaptera Pfeiff. ex A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 4: 105. 1836 sec. Korotkova & al. 20111 wfo-0001287051
  • ≡Hariota pentaptera (Pfeiff. ex A.Dietr.) Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 75. 1839 syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 19952 wfo-0000715721
  • ≡Hariota pentaptera (Pfeiff. ex A.Dietr.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 263. 1891 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 19233 wfo-0000715723
  • ≡Hylorhipsalis pentaptera (Pfeiff. ex A.Dietr.) Doweld in Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 39. 2002 ["2001"] syn. sec. Korotkova 20214 wfo-0000726936
  • –Hatiora pentaptera (Pfeiff. ex A.Dietr.) Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 75. 1839 syn. sec. ??? wfo-0001257897
  • –Hariota pentaptera Lem. ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 453. 1846, nom. inval. syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 19952 wfo-0000715722
      • Holotype: Brazil, Sellow (?), a living plant introduced to Berlin and other gardens before 1834, apparently not preserved; Neotype (designated by Barthlott & Taylor 1995: 595): Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Mun. Rio de Janeiro, Praia da Gávea, Oct 1916, A. Frazão s.n. (RB barcode RB00537933; isoneotype: MO barcode MO-2272378)
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000502, 2. Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: Notes towards a monograph of Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). – Bradleya 13: 43-79. https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n13.1995.a7, 3. Britton, N. L. & Rose, J.N. 1923: Cactaceae 4., 4. 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. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.51.51208, 5. Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: Notes towards a monograph of Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). – Bradleya 13: 43-79 https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n13.1995.a7
  • =Rhipsalis pentagona C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 453. 1846 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 19236 wfo-0000399661
  • 6. Britton, N. L. & Rose, J.N. 1923: Cactaceae 4.

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Distribution (Area)

Brazil nativeA,B

Distribution (General)

Brazil: (S Rio de Janeiro), but no longer known in the truly wild state.A

Habitat

Atlantic forest at low elevationsA

Habitat

Atlantic forest at low elevationsA

Descriptions (aggregated)

Old stem segment duration: deciduous [1]; stem width: 0.6–1.5 cm; stem shape: angled [1] entire plant habitat: epiphytic [1]; entire plant orientation: pendent [1]; entire plant branching: acrotonic [1] flower quantity per areol contemporaneously: 1–4; flower coloration: whitish [1], white [1]; flower architecture: actinomorphic [1]; flower position: subapical [1], lateral [1]; flower size qualitativ: small [1]; flower size quantitativ: 12–13 mm areole prominence: superficial [1], sunken [1] fruit coloration: pale pink [1]; fruit shape: subglobose [1] bud orientation: perpendicular [1]
A single or the first number in square brackets denotes sample size

Bibliography

A. Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: Notes towards a monograph of Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). – Bradleya 13: 43-79. https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n13.1995.a7
B. Zappi, D. & Taylor, N. P. 2020+: Cactaceae in Flora e Funga do Brasil. – Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro – http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br