Rhipsalis pachyptera

Rhipsalis pachyptera
	Rhipsalis pachyptera
Systematics
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Rhipsalideae
Genre :	Rhipsalis
Subgenus :	Phyllarthrorhipsalis
Type :	Rhipsalis pachyptera
Scientific name
	Rhipsalis pachyptera
	Whistle.

Rhipsalis pachyptera is a species of plant in the genus Rhipsalis from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Rhipsalis pachyptera grows epiphytically or lithophytically with semi-upright to slightly hanging, richly branched shoots and reaches lengths of up to 1 meter. The dark green and later reddish flattened thick shoots are broadly elliptical to circular and have protruding veins. The edge is notched and gutted. The areoles are sparsely covered with wool.

The yellowish to white flowers appear in groups of up to three flowers on the side of the shoots. They are 15 millimeters long and have a diameter of 20 to 25 millimeters. The spherical to depressed spherical fruits are red.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Rhipsalis pachyptera is common in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo , Paraná , Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul in the lowlands.

It was first described in 1837 by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer . A synonym is Rhipsalis agudoensis N.P. Taylor .

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is called " Data Deficient (DD) ", i. H. with insufficient data.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 575 .

Individual evidence

↑ Enumeratio Diagnostica Cactearum hucusque Cognitarum . Berlin 1837, p. 132, (online) .
↑ Alice Calventea, Daniela C. Zappi, Lúcia G. Lohmann: Taxonomic revision of the "winged-stem clade" (Rhipsalis, Cactaceae) . In: Alice Calventea: Molecular phylogeny, evolution and systematics of Rhipsalis (Cactaceae) . Dissertation, São Paulo 2010, p. 147.
↑ Rhipsalis pachyptera in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Larocca, J. & Taylor, NP, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2014.

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[1] Enumeratio Diagnostica Cactearum hucusque Cognitarum . Berlin 1837, p. 132, (online) .

[2] Alice Calventea, Daniela C. Zappi, Lúcia G. Lohmann: Taxonomic revision of the "winged-stem clade" (Rhipsalis, Cactaceae) . In: Alice Calventea: Molecular phylogeny, evolution and systematics of Rhipsalis (Cactaceae) . Dissertation, São Paulo 2010, p. 147.

[3] Rhipsalis pachyptera in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Larocca, J. & Taylor, NP, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2014.