Pseudorhipsalis himantoclada

Pseudorhipsalis himantoclada
	Pseudorhipsalis himantoclada
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Hylocereeae
Genre :	Pseudorhipsalis
Type :	Pseudorhipsalis himantoclada
Scientific name
	Pseudorhipsalis himantoclada
	( Rol.-Goss. ) Britton & Rose

Pseudorhipsalis himantoclada is a species of plant in the genus Pseudorhipsalis from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Pseudorhipsalis himantoclada grows shrubby with up to 1 meter long shoots . The flat shoot sections are upright or curved and taper towards the base and tip. They are less than 3 centimeters wide, bright green, shiny and have a reddish tip area when young. The midrib is clearly pronounced. The edges are serrated. The side shoots are no more than 20 centimeters long.

The individually appearing, somewhat spread out flowers are 26 millimeters long. The outer bracts are brownish or reddish, the inner whitish. The small fruits are red.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Pseudorhipsalis himantoclada is distributed in Costa Rica , Panama and Colombia at altitudes of up to 600 meters. The first description as Rhipsalis himantoclada was published in 1908 by Robert Roland-Gosselin . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose put the species in 1913 in the genus Pseudorhipsalis .

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Near Threatened (NT)", d. H. listed as low risk.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 551 .

Individual evidence

↑ Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France . Volume 55, Paris 1908, p. 694.
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape IV . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923, p. 213 .
↑ Pseudorhipsalis himantoclada in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Hammel, B., 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2014.

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[1] Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France . Volume 55, Paris 1908, p. 694.

[2] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape IV . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923, p. 213 .

[3] Pseudorhipsalis himantoclada in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Hammel, B., 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2014.