Rhipsalis cereoides
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Rhipsalis cereoides is a species of plant in the genus Rhipsalis from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Rhipsalis cereoides grows lithophytically , shrubby, drooping or semi-upright with shoots of unlimited growth. The triangular to rarely square, cloudy bluish green shoots are 4 to 10 centimeters long and have a diameter of 1 to 7 millimeters. Their edges are straight. The small, not sunken areoles are often covered with 2 to 4 bristles.
The wheel-shaped, white flowers appear individually or in groups of two to four and reach a diameter of up to 2 centimeters. The fruits are light pink in color.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Rhipsalis cereoides is in the east of Brazil on gneiss - inselbergs common. The first description as Lepismium cereoides was published in 1936 by Curt Backeberg and Otto Voll . Curt Backeberg placed them in the genus Rhipsalis in 1938 .
Rhipsalis cereoides was in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN in 2002 as " Vulnerable (VU) , d". H. classified endangered. After the revision of the list in 2013, the species will be classified as " Near Threatened (NT)". H. listed as low risk.
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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
- ↑ Cactus ABC . 1936, p. 411.
- ↑ Rhipsalis cereoides in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2014.