Rhipsalis shaferi

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Rhipsalis shaferi

Rhipsalis shaferi Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 229. 1923 sec. Korotkova & al. 20111 wfo-0000399788
  • Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. shaferi (Britton & Rose) Barthlott & N.P.Taylor in Bradleya 13: 64. 1995 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 20111 wfo-0000399873
    • Lectotype (designated by Barthlott & Taylor 1995: 642): Paraguay, Trinidad, 17 Mar 1917, J. A. Shafer 134 (US; paralectotype: NY); Protologue citation: Collected by John A. Shafer on trees at Asuncién, Paraguay, March 18, 1917 (No. 139), on trees at Trinidad, Paraguay, March 17, 1917 (No. 134, type), again in Paraguay (Nos. 145 and 147), and on trees at Posados, Misiones, Argentina (No. 131).
  • 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
  • =Rhipsalis bermejensis F.Ritter in Backeberg, Kakteenlex.: 388. 1966 syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 19953 wfo-0001287207

Distribution (Area)

Argentina nativeA Bolivia nativeA Brazil nativeB Paraguay nativeA

Distribution (General)

Paraguay, southern Bolivia, northern Argentina.A

Chromosome Numbers

2n = 22C

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]; entire plant pubescence: glabrous [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]
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 (as Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. shaferi (Britton & Rose) Barthlott & N.P.Taylor)
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
C. 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