Lepismium lumbricoides
(Lem)Barth
◊ Bradleya 5:99 (1987)
◊◊ Cereus lumbricoides Lem - Cact. gen. nov. spec. nov. 60 (1839)
Rhipsalis sarmentacea Otto&Dietr - Allg. Gartenz. 9:98 (1841)
Rhipsalis lumbricoides (Lem)Lem - Ill. Hort 6 misc. 88 (1859)
Lepismium sarmentaceum (O&D)Vöchtling - Prings. Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 9:399
(1873)
Hariota lumbricalis Küntze - Rev. Gen. Plant. 1:263 (1891)
Hariota sarmentacea (O&D)Küntze - Rev. Gen. Plant. 3-2:107
(1898)
Rhipsalis leucorhaphis KSch - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 10:125 (1900)
Rhipsalis novaesii Löfgr - Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Jan. 1:69 (1915)
Rhipsalis loefgrenii (Löfgr)Br&R - Cact. 4:232 (1923)
Rhipsalis lumbricoides leucorhaphis (KSch)Ritt - Ritter 1:247, 334", 335"
(1979)
- Bushy, profusely branched, with aerial roots. Stems 4-6 mm diameter, round, somewhat ribbed, greyish to yellowish green, 14-20 cm long. Areoles closely together, with small triangled scales, short white felt and 5-8 spines, 3-5 mm long. Flower lateral, 2.2 cm long, 3.8 cm diameter, light straw-yellow to white, scented. Ovary ellipsoid. Fruit red to purple.
- Uruguay (alg), Paraguay, Argentina: Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones,
Buenos Aires, Formosa, Chaco, Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca, Santiago
del Estero; Bolivia: Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz; Brazil: São
Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, epifytic in deciduous forest, up to 1900 m.
Flowering period August to December.
Cact. 4:230"
Cact. 4:232, plate 24 (R. leucorhaphis)
Cact. 4:232, 233' (R. loefgrenii)
Frst&Rmpl 890
An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32:477 (1925)
Backeberg 2:662 (R. loefgrenii)
Backeberg 2:663
Backeberg 2:665 (R. leucorhaphis)
Am. J. Bot. 65:326-333 (1978)
Ritter 247"
Ritter 1:41, 247 (R. loefgrenii)
KuaS 42(7):164; 43(2):40"; 49(1):4"
Bradleya 5:97-100; 13:47", 49"; 18:16
NCL 142"
CSJ(USA) 88(4):177-181
◊ Bradleya 5:99 (1987)
◊◊ Cereus lumbricoides Lem - Cact. gen. nov. spec. nov. 60 (1839)
Rhipsalis sarmentacea Otto&Dietr - Allg. Gartenz. 9:98 (1841)
Rhipsalis lumbricoides (Lem)Lem - Ill. Hort 6 misc. 88 (1859)
Lepismium sarmentaceum (O&D)Vöchtling - Prings. Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 9:399
(1873)
Hariota lumbricalis Küntze - Rev. Gen. Plant. 1:263 (1891)
Hariota sarmentacea (O&D)Küntze - Rev. Gen. Plant. 3-2:107
(1898)
Rhipsalis leucorhaphis KSch - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 10:125 (1900)
Rhipsalis novaesii Löfgr - Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Jan. 1:69 (1915)
Rhipsalis loefgrenii (Löfgr)Br&R - Cact. 4:232 (1923)
Rhipsalis lumbricoides leucorhaphis (KSch)Ritt - Ritter 1:247, 334", 335"
(1979)
- Bushy, profusely branched, with aerial roots. Stems 4-6 mm diameter, round, somewhat ribbed, greyish to yellowish green, 14-20 cm long. Areoles closely together, with small triangled scales, short white felt and 5-8 spines, 3-5 mm long. Flower lateral, 2.2 cm long, 3.8 cm diameter, light straw-yellow to white, scented. Ovary ellipsoid. Fruit red to purple.
- Uruguay (alg), Paraguay, Argentina: Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones,
Buenos Aires, Formosa, Chaco, Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca, Santiago
del Estero; Bolivia: Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz; Brazil: São
Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, epifytic in deciduous forest, up to 1900 m.
Flowering period August to December.
Cact. 4:230"
Cact. 4:232, plate 24 (R. leucorhaphis)
Cact. 4:232, 233' (R. loefgrenii)
Frst&Rmpl 890
An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32:477 (1925)
Backeberg 2:662 (R. loefgrenii)
Backeberg 2:663
Backeberg 2:665 (R. leucorhaphis)
Am. J. Bot. 65:326-333 (1978)
Ritter 247"
Ritter 1:41, 247 (R. loefgrenii)
KuaS 42(7):164; 43(2):40"; 49(1):4"
Bradleya 5:97-100; 13:47", 49"; 18:16
NCL 142"
CSJ(USA) 88(4):177-181