Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. erythrocarpa
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. erythrocarpa in Bradleya 5: 100. 1987 sec. Barthlott & Taylor 19951
- ≡Rhipsalis erythrocarpa, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 282. 1895 syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 19951
- Holotype: Tanzania, Koboscho, Volkens 1581 (B, destroyed)
- Lectotype (designated by Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: 642): Tanzania, Kobosho, Volkens 1581 (K: K000009565) http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000009565
- 1. Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: Notes towards a monograph of Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). – Bradleya 13: 43-79. http://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n13.1995.a7, 2. Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: Notes towards a monograph of Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). – Bradleya 13: 43-79. http://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n13.1995.a7
Distribution (General)
Mountains of East AfricaA
Chromosome Numbers
2n = 44A
Descriptions (aggregated)
Old stem segment duration: deciduous [1]; stem shape: terete [1] entire plant habitat: epiphytic [1]; entire plant orientation: pendent [1]; entire plant branching: acrotonic [1] flower quantity per areol contemporaneously: 1 [1]; flower coloration: whitish [1], white [1]; flower architecture: actinomorphic [1]; flower position: subapical [1], lateral [1]; flower size qualitativ: minute [1] areole prominence: superficial [1] fruit coloration: white [1]; fruit shape: subglobose [1] bud orientation: perpendicular [1]
Bibliography
A. Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: Notes towards a monograph of Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). – Bradleya 13: 43-79. http://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n13.1995.a7