Rhipsalis neves-armondii

Rhipsalis neves-armondii
	Rhipsalis neves-armondii; Plate 80a from 1906 from Blooming Cacti
Systematics
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Rhipsalideae
Genre :	Rhipsalis
Subgenus :	Calamorphipsalis
Type :	Rhipsalis neves-armondii
Scientific name
	Rhipsalis neves-armondii
	K. Schum.

Rhipsalis neves-armondii is a species of plant in the genus Rhipsalis from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the Brazilian Amaro Ferreira das Neves Armond, a director of the Brazilian National Museum.

description

Rhipsalis neves-armondii grows epiphytically or lithophytically , is shrubby with richly mesotonically branched, more or less upright shoots of limited growth. The rotating, deep green shoots arranged in whorls have a diameter of 5 millimeters and a length of up to 10 centimeters.

The silver-white to yellowish-white, wheel-shaped flowers appear near the shoot tips and reach a diameter of up to 4 centimeters. The spherical, berry-like fruits are pink in color.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Rhipsalis neves-armondii is common in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo , Paraná and Santa Catarina .

It was first described in 1890 by Karl Moritz Schumann . A synonym is among others Rhipsalis novaesii Gürke (1909).

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. 574 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser, 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 166
^ Karl Moritz Schumann: Cactaceae . In: Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (Ed.): Flora Brasiliensis . Volume 4, Part 2, 1890 pp. 284-285 (online) .
↑ Rhipsalis neves-armondii in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser, 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 166

[2] Karl Moritz Schumann: Cactaceae . In: Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (Ed.): Flora Brasiliensis . Volume 4, Part 2, 1890 pp. 284-285 (online) .

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