Rhipsalis paradoxa subsp. septentrionalis
- ≡Hylorhipsalis paradoxa subsp. septentrionalis in Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 39. 2002 ["2001"] syn. sec. Korotkova 20212
- Holotype: Brazil, Bahia, Mun. Juçari, 250m, [before 1966], Martins in coll. Brieger, ESALQ, Piracicaba, SP, cult. R.B.G. Kew accn. no. 1966.48946, 18 Nov 1991 (K, in spirit)
- 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, 2. 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. http://doi.org/10.3372/wi.51.51208
Distribution (General)
Brazil:: E Pernambuco, E Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito SantoA
Diagnosis
A subsp. paradoxa caulibus alisque caulis perangustis differt. A
Description
This newly described subspecies differs from the more southerly ranging subsp. paradoxa in its consistently narrower stem-segments, only 7-11 mm in diameter and in its flowers, which turn a brighter yellow post-anthesis and have longer, thinner and more spreading stigma-lobes. A
Ecology
Epiphyte in Atlantic and seasonal forest, near sea level to c. 900 m altitude. A
Descriptions (aggregated)
Old stem segment duration: deciduous [1]; stem width: 0.7–1.1 cm; stem shape: angled [1] entire plant habitat: epiphytic [1]; entire plant orientation: pendent [1]; entire plant branching: acrotonic [1]; entire plant pubescence: woolly [1] flower quantity per areol contemporaneously: 1 [1]; flower coloration: yellow [1]; flower architecture: actinomorphic [1]; flower position: subapical [1], lateral [1]; flower size qualitativ: small [1]; flower size quantitativ: 15 mm [1] areole prominence: superficial [1], sunken [1] fruit coloration: white [1]; fruit shape: depressed globose [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