Rhipsalis baccifera

Rhipsalis baccifera
	Rhipsalis baccifera
Systematics
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Rhipsalideae
Genre :	Rhipsalis
Subgenus :	Rhipsalis subgen. Rhipsalis
Type :	Rhipsalis baccifera
Scientific name
	Rhipsalis baccifera
	( JSMuell. ) Stearn

Rhipsalis baccifera is a species of plant in the genus Rhipsalis from the cactus family(Cactaceae). It is the most common species of cactus and is the only one found outside of America .

description

Rhipsalis baccifera grows epiphytically or lithophytically with hanging, two-shaped shoots 1 to 4 meters in length. The extension shoots have unlimited growth. Compound areoles sit at the tip of their shoots . The branching is acrotonic . Normal shoots are long, slender, twisting and have a diameter of 4 to 6 millimeters. One or two stiff bristles up to 1 millimeter long sometimes arise from the areoles.

The whitish flowers appearing to the side reach a diameter of 5 to 10 millimeters. The spherical, translucent fruits are white to slightly pink. They have a diameter of 5 to 8 millimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Rhipsalis baccifera is common in tropical America and Africa as well as Madagascar , the Seychelles , Mauritius , Réunion and Sri Lanka .

It was first described as Cassyta baccifera in 1771 by Johann Sebastian Mueller . William Thomas Stearn placed them in the genus Rhipsalis in 1939 .

The following subspecies are distinguished:

Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. baccifera
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. cleistogama M. Kessler & al.
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. erythrocarpa (K.Schum.) Barthlott
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. hileiabaiana N.P. Taylor & Barthlott
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. horrida (Baker) Barthlott
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. mauritiana (DC.) Barthlott
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. shaferi (Britton & Rose) Barthlott & NPTaylor

The subspecies Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. hileiabaiana was in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN in 2002 as " Vulnerable (VU) , d". H. endangered, classified. After the list was revised in 2013, the species will be classified as " Least Concern (LC) ", i. H. listed as not endangered, the subspecies Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. hileiabaiana was not re-recorded.

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literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 568-570 .

Individual evidence

↑ Illustratio Systematis Sexualis Linnaei . London 1771, (online) .
^ Cactus Journal . Volume 7, London 1939, p. 107.
↑ Rhipsalis baccifera in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Arreola, H., Hammel, B., Hilton-Taylor, C., Ishiki, M., Loaiza, C., Nassar, J., Oakley, L., Pin, A., Taylor, NP, Terrazas , T. & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Illustratio Systematis Sexualis Linnaei . London 1771, (online) .

[2] Cactus Journal . Volume 7, London 1939, p. 107.

[3] Rhipsalis baccifera in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Arreola, H., Hammel, B., Hilton-Taylor, C., Ishiki, M., Loaiza, C., Nassar, J., Oakley, L., Pin, A., Taylor, NP, Terrazas , T. & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2014.