Schlumbergera russelliana

Schlumbergera russelliana
	Schlumbergera russelliana
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Rhipsalideae
Genre :	Schlumbergera
Type :	Schlumbergera russelliana
Scientific name
	Schlumbergera russelliana
	( Hook. ) Britton & Rose

Schlumbergera russelliana is a species of plant in the genus Schlumbergera from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Schlumbergera russelliana grows epiphytically with richly branched shoots . The oval to elongated shoot sections are 1 to 3.8 inches long and 0.8 to 2 inches wide. In one or two notches on the edges there are areoles with one or two bristles. The areole at the tip of the shoot is linear, composed and covered with some light-colored bristles.

The pendulous, somewhat bell-shaped, pink flowers are radial symmetry. They are up to 5 inches long and 3 to 4 inches in diameter. The barely visible flower tube gives the impression that two flowers are stacked on top of each other. The green pericarpel is square or pentagonal. The spherical to slightly flattened fruits are greenish yellow and four or five-winged.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Schlumbergera russelliana is distributed in Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro at altitudes of 1400 to 2100 meters.

The first description as Epiphyllum russellianum was published in 1839 by William Jackson Hooker . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed them in the genus Schlumbergera in 1913 .

A synonym is among others Schlumbergera epiphylloides Lem. (1858, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 52.1).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. listed as endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 580 .

Individual evidence

^ Curtis's botanical magazine . Volume 66, 1839, plate 3717, (online) .
^ Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 16, 1913, p. 261, plate 81, (online) .
^ Schlumbergera russelliana in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Curtis's botanical magazine . Volume 66, 1839, plate 3717, (online) .

[2] Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 16, 1913, p. 261, plate 81, (online) .

[3] Schlumbergera russelliana in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2014.