Rhipsalis burchellii
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Rhipsalis burchellii is a species of plant in the genus Rhipsalis from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Rhipsalis burchellii grows epiphytically with numerous, weak, drooping, richly branched shoots arranged in whorls or fork-shaped branching . Compound areoles sit on the shoot tips . The light green to slightly purple colored shoots are long, twisting, very slender and hardly succulent. The main shoots are up to 60 centimeters long. The outermost side shoots reach a length of 6 centimeters and a diameter of 1 to 2 millimeters. The areoles are covered with wool, but not covered with bristles.
The bell-shaped, whitish flowers often appear in large numbers at the shoot tips. They are up to 15 millimeters long. The fruits are bright reddish magenta to a little purple magenta.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Rhipsalis burchellii is common in the Brazilian states of São Paulo , Paraná and probably Santa Catarina at altitudes above 900 meters.
The first description was in 1923 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 570 .
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 225 .
- ↑ Rhipsalis burchellii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
