Rhipsalis campos-portoana
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Rhipsalis campos-portoana is a species of plant in the genus Rhipsalis from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Rhipsalis campos-portoana grows epiphytically with drooping or overhanging shoots with limited growth. Compound areoles sit on the shoot tips . The light green, cylindrical shoots are slender, twisting and branching fork-shaped. The main shoots are elongated, the outer side shoots are usually arranged in whorls of three or four . They are 3 to 4 inches long and 1 to 2 millimeters in diameter. The areoles are bare.
The whitish flowers appear at the shoot tips. They are up to 9 millimeters long and only open a little. The spherical fruits are orange.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Rhipsalis campos-portoana is common in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais , Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo , Paraná , Santa Catarina and probably in Espírito Santo at altitudes of 200 to 2300 meters.
It was first described in 1918 by Albert Löfgren . A synonym is Erythrorhipsalis campos-portoana (Loefgr.) Volgin .
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
- ^ Albert Löfgren: Novas contribuicoes para o genera Rhipsalis . In: Archivos do Jardim Botanico, Rio de Janeiro . Volume 2, 1918, pp. 35-36, (online) .
- ↑ Rhipsalis campos-portoana in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
