Rhipsalis crispata

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

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

description

Rhipsalis crispata grows epiphytically or on the ground with numerous hanging shoots of unlimited growth. The leaf-like, flat or rarely three-winged, elongated light green shoots are elliptical or obovate and mostly truncated at the base. They are 6 to 10 inches long and 2 to 4 inches wide. Their edges are notched to lobed. The very small areoles have no bristles.

The wheel-shaped, creamy white flowers appear individually or in groups of two to four and reach a diameter of 1 to 1.2 centimeters. The spherical fruits are white.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Rhipsalis crispata is common in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro , Pernambuco and São Paulo in various forest types and in dunes near the coast. The first description as Epiphyllum crispatum was published in 1830 by Adrian Hardy Haworth . Curt Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer placed them in the genus Rhipsalis in 1836 .

Rhipsalis crispata was in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN in 2002 as " Vulnerable (VU) , d". H. endangered, classified. After the revision of the 2013 list, the species will be classified as " Endangered (EN) ", i. H. listed as endangered.

proof

literature

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

Individual evidence

^ Adrian Hardy Haworth: Twelfth Decade of New Succulent Plants . In: Philosophical Magazine, or Annals of Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural History and General Science . London 1830, Volume 7, p. 111, (online) .
↑ Dr. Pfeiffer: About the genera Lepismium and Rhipsalis . In: General garden newspaper . Volume 4, number 24, 1836, p. 186, (online) .
↑ Rhipsalis crispata in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2014.

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[1] Adrian Hardy Haworth: Twelfth Decade of New Succulent Plants . In: Philosophical Magazine, or Annals of Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural History and General Science . London 1830, Volume 7, p. 111, (online) .

[2] Dr. Pfeiffer: About the genera Lepismium and Rhipsalis . In: General garden newspaper . Volume 4, number 24, 1836, p. 186, (online) .

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