Schlumbergera Lem. sec. Korotkova & al. 2011
Schlumbergera in Ill. Hort. 5: 24. 1858 wfo-4000034500
- Type: Schlumbergera epiphylloides, nom. illeg.
- =Zygocactus, Fl. Bras. 4(2): 223. 1890 syn. sec. Hunt 20061 wfo-4000041320
- Type: Zygocactus truncatus
- =Epiphyllanthus in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 84. 1905 syn. sec. Hunt 20062 wfo-4000013625
- Type: Epiphyllanthus obtusangulus
- =Zygocereus in Kreuzinger, Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 17. 1935 syn. sec. Kew 20193 wfo-4000042586
- =Pseudozygocactus in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): 5, 21. 1938 syn. sec. Korotkova 20214 wfo-4000031752
- Type: Pseudozygocactus epiphylloides
- 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
- =×Schlumbergeranthus in Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 37. 2002 ["2001"] syn. sec. ??? wfo-4000034501
Notes
Schlumbergera (the Christmas cactus) is one of the best-known and one of the morphologically best-defined Cactaceae genera, recognizable by its flattened stems and bright pink zygomorphic flowers. Its monophyly was confirmed by the molecular phylogenetic analysis of Calvente & al. (2011a) and Korotkova & al. (2011).A,B,C
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.
Descriptions (aggregated)
Stem width: 2.5 cm [1]; stem shape: flattened [6] entire plant habitat: epiphytic [6], epilithic [5]; entire plant orientation: pendent [5], semierect [2]; entire plant branching: acrotonic [6]; entire plant pubescence: glabrous [4] flower quantity per areol contemporaneously: 1 [6]; flower coloration: pink [6]; flower architecture: zygomorphic [5], actinomorphic [1]; flower position: apical [6]; flower size qualitativ: large [6] areole prominence: superficial [6] fruit coloration: greenish [3], yellow [2], green [2], brown [2], yellowish [1], white [1], red [1], pink [1], greeen [1]; fruit shape: subglobose [3], turbinate [1], spherical [1], globular [1] bud orientation: oblique [6]
A single or the first number in square brackets denotes sample size
Bibliography
A. Calvente, A., Zappi, D., Forest, F. & Lohmann, L.G. 2011: Molecular phylogeny of tribe Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae) and taxonomic implications for Schlumbergera and Hatiora. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 456-468
B. Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., von Mering, S., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler, R., Ocampo, G. & Ochoterena, H. 2015: A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. – Willdenowia 45(3): 281-383. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45301
C. 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