Lepismium cruciforme
(Vell)Miq
◊ Bull. Sci. Nat. Neerl. 49 (1838)
◊◊ Cactus cruciformis Vell - Fl. Flum. 207 (1825)
Cereus tenuispinus Haw - Phil. Mag. 1:125 (1827)
Cereus myosurus SD - in: DC, Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cereus tenuis DC - Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cactus tenuis Schott - in: DC. Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cereus squamulosus SD - in: DC, Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cereus setosus Lodd - Bot. Cab. 19: pl. 1887 (1832)
Lepismium tenue (DC)Pfeiff - Allg. Gartenz. 3:315 (1835)
Lepismium commune Pfeiff - Allg. Gartenz. 3:315 (1835)
Lepismium knightii Pfeiff - Allg. Gartenz. 3:380 (1835)
Lepismium mysosurus (SD)Pfeiff - Enum. Cact. 139 (1837)
Cereus cruciformis (Vell)Steudel - Nom. ed. 2 1:133 (1840)
Rhipsalis myosurus (SD)Först - Handb. Kakt. 455 (1846)
Rhipsalis mittleri Först - Handb. Kakt. 455 (1846)
Rhipsalis knightii Först - Handb. Kakt. 456 (1846)
Lepismium myosurus knightii (Först)SD - in: Labouret, Monogr. Cact. 445 (1853)
Lepismium myosurus laevigatum SD - in: Labouret, Monogr. Cact. 446 (1853)
Lepismium radicans Voechting - Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. Leipzig 9:399 (1873)
Lepismium ramosissimum Lem - in: Forster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2:899 (1885)
Rhipsalis cavernosa Lindb non KSch 1893 - in: Fl. Bras. 4(2):289 (1890) non KSch 1893)
Lepismium cavernosum Lindb - Gartenflora 39:151 (1890)
Rhipsalis brevibarbis KSch - Flora Bras. 4(2):268 (1890)
Rhipsalis squamulosa (SD)KSch - Flora Bras. 4(2):280 (1890)
Rhipsalis macropogon KSch - Flora Bras. 4(2):282 (1890)
Rhipsalis ramosissima KSCh - Flora Bras. 4(2):299 (1890)
Hariota cruciformis Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:262 (1891)
Hariota squamulosa Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:263 (1891)
Hariota ramosissima (Lem)Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:263 (1891)
Hariota knightii (Först)Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:263 (1891)
Hariota knightii tenuispinus (Haw)Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:263 (1891)
Rhipsalis anceps Web - Rev. Hort. 64:427 (1892)
Rhipsalis cavernosa (Lindb)KSch - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 3:24 (1893)
Rhipsalis radicans (Voechting)Web - Dict. Hort. Bois. 1047 (1898)
Rhipsalis radicans anceps (Web)Web - Dict. Hort. Bois. 1047 (1898)
Rhipsalis radicans ensiformis Web - Dict. Hort. Bois. 1047 (1898)
Rhipsalis radicans rosea Web - Dict. Hort. Bois. 1047 (1898)
Lepismium cavernosum ensiforme (Web)Web - in: Roland-Gosselin, Rev. Hort. 70:108
(1899)
Rhipsalis cruciformis (Vell)Cast - An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 496 (1925)
Lepismium vollii Backbg - Kaktus ABC 156, 411 (1935)
Lepismium anceps (Web)Ito - Cacti 163 (1952)
Lepismium cruciforme anceps (Web)Backbg - Backeberg 2:689 (1959)
Lepismium cruciforme cavernosum (Lind)Backbg - Backeberg 2:689 (1959)
Lepismium cruciforme myosurus (SD)Backbg - Backeberg 6:688 (1959) comb.
illeg.
Lepismium cruciforme knightii (Pfeiff)Boom - S59(11):142 (1959)
Lepismium cruciforme f anceps (Web)Süpplie - Rhipsalidinae 11 (1990)
Lepismium cruciforme f myosurus (SD)Süpplie - Rhipsalidinae 11
(1990)
- Sparsely branching, up to 60 cm long. Main stem 10 40 cm long. Stems 1 2,5 cm broad, dark of bluish green, often redly tinged, triangled, edges sharp. Areoles with tufts grey-white tot brownish wool and bristles. Flower white to pink or yellow-white, 1 cm long. Ovary cilindric to round, white-green. Fruit lilac, round. Seed elliptic, 1,5x0,75 mm, dark brown.
- Brazil: Pernambuco, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de
Janeiro, São Paulo, Mato Grosso, Goías, Tocantins, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio
Grande do Sul; Paraguay; Argentina: Corrientes, Misiones, Chaco, Santa Fé; epiphytic and epilithic, on the coast and in deciduous forest, up to 1200 m. Flowering time October to January.
Cact. 4:215, plate 22
Frst&Rmpl 897 (L. cruciforme myosurus)
Backeberg 2:687, 689"
An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32:477 (1925)
Ritter 1:45"
KuaS 25(8):171', (9):199'
Am. J. Bot. 65:326-333 (1978)
Bradleya 13:47
EPIG 12(1):18"
NCL 142"
CEB 132'', 204, 229''
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)
◊ Bull. Sci. Nat. Neerl. 49 (1838)
◊◊ Cactus cruciformis Vell - Fl. Flum. 207 (1825)
Cereus tenuispinus Haw - Phil. Mag. 1:125 (1827)
Cereus myosurus SD - in: DC, Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cereus tenuis DC - Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cactus tenuis Schott - in: DC. Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cereus squamulosus SD - in: DC, Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cereus setosus Lodd - Bot. Cab. 19: pl. 1887 (1832)
Lepismium tenue (DC)Pfeiff - Allg. Gartenz. 3:315 (1835)
Lepismium commune Pfeiff - Allg. Gartenz. 3:315 (1835)
Lepismium knightii Pfeiff - Allg. Gartenz. 3:380 (1835)
Lepismium mysosurus (SD)Pfeiff - Enum. Cact. 139 (1837)
Cereus cruciformis (Vell)Steudel - Nom. ed. 2 1:133 (1840)
Rhipsalis myosurus (SD)Först - Handb. Kakt. 455 (1846)
Rhipsalis mittleri Först - Handb. Kakt. 455 (1846)
Rhipsalis knightii Först - Handb. Kakt. 456 (1846)
Lepismium myosurus knightii (Först)SD - in: Labouret, Monogr. Cact. 445 (1853)
Lepismium myosurus laevigatum SD - in: Labouret, Monogr. Cact. 446 (1853)
Lepismium radicans Voechting - Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. Leipzig 9:399 (1873)
Lepismium ramosissimum Lem - in: Forster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2:899 (1885)
Rhipsalis cavernosa Lindb non KSch 1893 - in: Fl. Bras. 4(2):289 (1890) non KSch 1893)
Lepismium cavernosum Lindb - Gartenflora 39:151 (1890)
Rhipsalis brevibarbis KSch - Flora Bras. 4(2):268 (1890)
Rhipsalis squamulosa (SD)KSch - Flora Bras. 4(2):280 (1890)
Rhipsalis macropogon KSch - Flora Bras. 4(2):282 (1890)
Rhipsalis ramosissima KSCh - Flora Bras. 4(2):299 (1890)
Hariota cruciformis Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:262 (1891)
Hariota squamulosa Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:263 (1891)
Hariota ramosissima (Lem)Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:263 (1891)
Hariota knightii (Först)Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:263 (1891)
Hariota knightii tenuispinus (Haw)Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:263 (1891)
Rhipsalis anceps Web - Rev. Hort. 64:427 (1892)
Rhipsalis cavernosa (Lindb)KSch - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 3:24 (1893)
Rhipsalis radicans (Voechting)Web - Dict. Hort. Bois. 1047 (1898)
Rhipsalis radicans anceps (Web)Web - Dict. Hort. Bois. 1047 (1898)
Rhipsalis radicans ensiformis Web - Dict. Hort. Bois. 1047 (1898)
Rhipsalis radicans rosea Web - Dict. Hort. Bois. 1047 (1898)
Lepismium cavernosum ensiforme (Web)Web - in: Roland-Gosselin, Rev. Hort. 70:108
(1899)
Rhipsalis cruciformis (Vell)Cast - An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 496 (1925)
Lepismium vollii Backbg - Kaktus ABC 156, 411 (1935)
Lepismium anceps (Web)Ito - Cacti 163 (1952)
Lepismium cruciforme anceps (Web)Backbg - Backeberg 2:689 (1959)
Lepismium cruciforme cavernosum (Lind)Backbg - Backeberg 2:689 (1959)
Lepismium cruciforme myosurus (SD)Backbg - Backeberg 6:688 (1959) comb.
illeg.
Lepismium cruciforme knightii (Pfeiff)Boom - S59(11):142 (1959)
Lepismium cruciforme f anceps (Web)Süpplie - Rhipsalidinae 11 (1990)
Lepismium cruciforme f myosurus (SD)Süpplie - Rhipsalidinae 11
(1990)
- Sparsely branching, up to 60 cm long. Main stem 10 40 cm long. Stems 1 2,5 cm broad, dark of bluish green, often redly tinged, triangled, edges sharp. Areoles with tufts grey-white tot brownish wool and bristles. Flower white to pink or yellow-white, 1 cm long. Ovary cilindric to round, white-green. Fruit lilac, round. Seed elliptic, 1,5x0,75 mm, dark brown.
- Brazil: Pernambuco, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de
Janeiro, São Paulo, Mato Grosso, Goías, Tocantins, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio
Grande do Sul; Paraguay; Argentina: Corrientes, Misiones, Chaco, Santa Fé; epiphytic and epilithic, on the coast and in deciduous forest, up to 1200 m. Flowering time October to January.
Cact. 4:215, plate 22
Frst&Rmpl 897 (L. cruciforme myosurus)
Backeberg 2:687, 689"
An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32:477 (1925)
Ritter 1:45"
KuaS 25(8):171', (9):199'
Am. J. Bot. 65:326-333 (1978)
Bradleya 13:47
EPIG 12(1):18"
NCL 142"
CEB 132'', 204, 229''
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)