Rhipsalis sulcata

Rhipsalis sulcata
	Rhipsalis sulcata
Systematics
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Rhipsalideae
Genre :	Rhipsalis
Subgenus :	Epallagonium
Type :	Rhipsalis sulcata
Scientific name
	Rhipsalis sulcata
	FAC Weber

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

description

Rhipsalis sulcata grows epiphytically with several, elongated, spreading shoots of limited growth, is somewhat upright, sometimes pendulous and ramified only acrotonously . The light green shoots sometimes lignify, are 20 to 30 centimeters long and have a diameter of 3 to 6 millimeters. The shoots around the widely spaced areoles are reddish in color. There are 5 low ribs .

The white to light pink, wheel-shaped flowers appear laterally and are up to 1.2 centimeters long. The fruits are white.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Rhipsalis sulcata is common in the south of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo . The first description was published in 1898 by Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber .

There is insufficient data on the threat status of Rhipsalis sulcata in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species .

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 577 .

Individual evidence

↑ In: Désiré Georges Jean Marie Bois: Dictionnaire d'Horticulture . 1898, p. 1046.
↑ Rhipsalis sulcata in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2010 Posted by: Taylor, NP, 2002. Retrieved on June 14 of 2010.

Web links

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http://www.rhipsalis.com/species/sulcata.htm

[1] In: Désiré Georges Jean Marie Bois: Dictionnaire d'Horticulture . 1898, p. 1046.

[2] Rhipsalis sulcata in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2010 Posted by: Taylor, NP, 2002. Retrieved on June 14 of 2010.