Rhipsalis pilocarpa
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Rhipsalis pilocarpa is a species of plant in the genus Rhipsalis from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Rhipsalis pilocarpa grows as a small epiphytic shrub with initially upright and later drooping shoots . The dirty gray-green shoots are slender cylindrical, completely twisting, up to 4 centimeters long and 0.6 centimeters in diameter. At the top they branch out into whorls . The 8 to 10 almost always distinct ribs are finely striped in the longitudinal and transverse direction. The green, somewhat woolly areoles are occasionally tinged with purple. 3 to 10 gray to white, bristle-like thorns arise from them .
The fragrant, white, terminal flowers appear individually or in pairs and reach a diameter of 2.5 to 4 centimeters. Your pericarpel is covered with bristle-like thorns.
The wine-red, berry-shaped fruits are spherical and covered with bristle-like thorns. They have a length and a diameter of about 12 millimeters. The fruits contain fairly large, black seeds .
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Rhipsalis pilocarpa is distributed from the northeast to the southeast of Brazil , but is only rarely found. The first description was published in 1903 by Albert Löfgren (1854-1918). A synonym is Erythrorhipsalis pilocarpa (Loefgr.) A. Berger .
Rhipsalis pilocarpa is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Vulnerable (VU) ", d. H. classified endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 576 .
- Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape II . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart New York 1983, ISBN 3-437-30381-3 , p. 711-712 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monthly for cactus science . Volume 13, p. 52, 1903
- ↑ Rhipsalis pilocarpa in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2009. Posted by: Tye, A., 2002. Retrieved on January 7 of 2010.
