Rhipsalis cereuscula

Rhipsalis cereuscula
	Rhipsalis cereuscula
Systematics
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Rhipsalideae
Genre :	Rhipsalis
Subgenus :	Erythrorhipsalis
Type :	Rhipsalis cereuscula
Scientific name
	Rhipsalis cereuscula
	Haw.

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

description

Rhipsalis cereuscula grows epiphytically shrubby to bushy with mostly hanging, richly branched shoots with limited growth and reaches a length of up to 60 centimeters. Compound areoles sit on the shoot tips . The shoots are clearly twofold. The cylindrical, almost rotating main shoots are 10 to 30 centimeters long and 3 to 5 millimeters in diameter. The side shoots form widely spreading tufts. They are four to five-sided, 1 to 3 centimeters long and also reach a diameter of 3 to 4 millimeters. The areoles are covered with two to four bristles.

The bell-shaped, white flowers appear at the shoot tips. They are 8 to 15 millimeters long and 10 to 20 millimeters in diameter. The obovate fruits are white.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Rhipsalis cereuscula is distributed in the east and south of Brazil , in Bolivia , Paraguay , Uruguay and in the north of Argentina at altitudes of 200 to 1400 meters.

It was first described in 1830 by Adrian Hardy Haworth . A nomenclature synonym is Erythrorhipsalis cereuscula (Haw.) Volgin . Another synonym is Rhipsalis penduliflora N.E.Br. (1877).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 570-571 .

Individual evidence

^ Description of New Succulent Plants of the Natural Order of Cacteae. (Decas duodecima novarum Plantarum Succulentarum) . In: Philosophical Magazine . Volume 7, 1830, p. 112, (online) .
↑ Rhipsalis cereuscula in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Description of New Succulent Plants of the Natural Order of Cacteae. (Decas duodecima novarum Plantarum Succulentarum) . In: Philosophical Magazine . Volume 7, 1830, p. 112, (online) .

[2] Rhipsalis cereuscula in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2014.