Rhipsalis oblonga
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Rhipsalis oblonga is a species of plant in the genus Rhipsalis from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Rhipsalis oblonga grows epiphytically or lithophytically and is shrubby with semi-upright to pendulous twofold shoots . Their triangular or winged main shoots are mostly cylindrical or occasionally flattened. The very thin side shoots are flattened. The shoots are light green, 5 to 9 inches long and 3 to 6 inches wide. Their edges are wavy to lobed. The sunken, very small areoles have small bristles after the flowers have formed.
The yellowish white, wheel-shaped, single flowers appear laterally and reach a length of up to 1.2 centimeters. The spherical fruits are pink to white.
Systematics, distribution and endangerment
Rhipsalis oblonga is common in the Brazilian states of Bahia , Espírito Santo , Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo . The first description was published in 1918 by Albert Löfgren .
Rhipsalis oblonga was in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN in 2002 as " Near Threatened (NT) , d". H. low risk, classified. After the list was revised in 2013, the species will be classified as " Vulnerable (VU) ", i. H. listed as endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 574 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archivos do Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro . Volume 2, 1918, pp. 36-37, plate 8.
- ↑ Rhipsalis oblonga in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
