Schlumbergera orssichiana
Schlumbergera orssichiana in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 50(1): 31. 1978 sec. Korotkova & al. 20111
- Holotype: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Serra do Mar, exact locality uncertain, but "probably found near the small town of Parati, about 9km from the coast", at c. 1000m, 1970, B. Orssich s.n. (HEID: 702587)
- 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)
Brazil (E São Paulo & SW Rio de Janeiro): Serra da Bocaina and Serra do MarA
Ecology
Epiphytic in Atlantic forest, at c. 1000-1300 m altitudeA
Descriptions (aggregated)
Stem shape: flattened [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: pink [1]; flower architecture: zygomorphic [1]; flower position: apical [1]; flower size qualitativ: large [1] areole prominence: superficial [1] fruit coloration: yellowish [1], greenish [1], brown [1]; fruit shape: subglobose [1] bud orientation: oblique [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