Rhipsalis cuneata

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Rhipsalis cuneata
Systematics
Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily : Cactoideae
Tribe : Rhipsalideae
Genre : Rhipsalis
Subgenus : Phyllarthrorhipsalis
Type : Rhipsalis cuneata
Scientific name
Rhipsalis cuneata
Britton & Rose

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

description

Rhipsalis cuneata grows epiphytically and shrubby with more or less drooping shoots with unlimited growth, which branch acrotonically . The green, thin, flattened shoots are elongated to spatulate and wedge-shaped at their base. They are 8 to 12 inches long and up to 7 inches wide. The edge is deeply lobed to notched. The areoles are covered with one or two bristles.

The individual flowers have not yet been described. The spherical fruits are white. The species is not well known.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Rhipsalis cuneata is distributed in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais , Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo , Paraná and Santa Catarina in forests up to altitudes of 2000 meters.

The first description was in 1923 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose . A synonym is Rhipsalis occidentalis Barthlott & Rauh .

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

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape IV . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923, p. 246 .
  2. ↑ Alice Calventea, Daniela C. Zappi, Lúcia G. Lohmann: Taxonomic revision of the "winged-stem clade" (Rhipsalis, Cactaceae) . In: Alice Calventea: Molecular phylogeny, evolution and systematics of Rhipsalis (Cactaceae) . Dissertation, São Paulo 2010, p. 131.
  3. ↑ Rhipsalis cuneata in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Goettsch, BK, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2014.

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