Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides
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Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides is a species of plant in the genus Rhipsalis from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides grows epiphytically with initially upright, later hanging, mesotonically branched , clearly bifold shoots . The cylindrical, woody main shoots are 10 to 20 centimeters long and 1 to 2 millimeters in diameter. The likewise cylindrical, green side shoots are short, round and 7 to 15 millimeters long and have a diameter of 2 to 4 millimeters. The areoles are covered with some fine bristles.
The white flowers appear on the side of the shoots. They are 8 millimeters long and 15 millimeters in diameter. The spherical fruits are white. A persistent remnant of flowers adheres to them.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides is common in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro .
The first description was in 1821 by Adrian Hardy Haworth .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Critically Endangered (CR) ", d. H. listed as critically endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 573-574 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saxifragëarum enumeratio. Accedunt revisiones plantarum succulentarum . Wood, London 1821, pp. 71-72, (online) .
- ↑ Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
