Rhipsalis occidentalis
- Isotype: San Martin, Rioja, alt. 800 m, 1973, W. Rauh & W. Barthlott 35392 (B)
- Holotype: San Martin, Rioja, alt. 800 m, 1973, W. Rauh & W. Barthlott 35392 (HEID)
- Isotype: San Martin, Rioja, alt. 800 m, 1973, W. Rauh & W. Barthlott 35392 (HNT: HNT0000020) https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.hnt0000020
- 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. http://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000502
Distribution (General)
Peru (San Martín), Ecuador (Napo, Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe), SurinameA
Diagnosis
Planta fruticosa epiphytica; pendens usque ad 100 cm longa; caules crenati, plani, usque ad 12 cm longi et 6 cm lati. Areolae parvulae inermes, non cavernosae. Flores solitarii albidi, ca. 10 mm lati et 8 mm longi. Perianthium radians; ca. 7 tepala alba. Stamina ca. 50, albida. Pollinis grana globosa, ca. 50 μm diametro, 6-colpata. Stylus rectus ad 7 mm longus, Stigma 4-lobata. Pericarplum albldum nudumque. Fructus bacca albida nudaque ca. 7,5 mm longa et 6,5 mm lata. Semen nigrescens oblongatum, ad 1,3 mm longum et 0,5 mm latum.
Holotypus: Rauh et Barthlott No. 35392 (Peruvia prope Rioja, 800 m altitudo, 1973) in herbario inst. syst. bot. Heidelbergensi (HEID) conservatur; isotypi in herbarlo inst. bot. Bonnensi (BONN) et inst. Huntington (HNT).
B
Holotypus: Rauh et Barthlott No. 35392 (Peruvia prope Rioja, 800 m altitudo, 1973) in herbario inst. syst. bot. Heidelbergensi (HEID) conservatur; isotypi in herbarlo inst. bot. Bonnensi (BONN) et inst. Huntington (HNT).
B
Descriptions (aggregated)
Old stem segment duration: deciduous [1]; stem width: 6 cm [1]; stem shape: flattened [1] entire plant habitat: epiphytic [1]; entire plant orientation: pendent [1]; entire plant branching: acrotonic [1]; entire plant pubescence: sparse pubescent [1] flower quantity per areol contemporaneously: 1–2; flower coloration: whitish [1]; flower architecture: actinomorphic [1]; flower position: subapical [1], lateral [1]; flower size qualitativ: small [1]; flower size quantitativ: 10 mm [1] areole prominence: superficial [1] fruit coloration: whitish [1], gray [1]; fruit shape: globose [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. http://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n13.1995.a7