Lepismium warmingianum
(KSch)Barth


◊ Bradleya 5:99 (1987)
◊◊ Rhipsalis warmingiana KSch - Flora Brasiliensis 4(2):291 (1890)
Rhipsalis linearis KSch - Flora Brasiliensis 4(2):296 (1890)
Rhipsalis gonocarpa Web - Revue horticole 64:427 (1892)
Lepismium lineare (KSch)Barth - Bradleya 9:89 (1991)

- Hanging bushes, stems three- to four-angled or flat and lanceolate, up to 30 cm long, 2 cm broad, crenate. Areoles with tiny scales, without felt or spines. Flower lateral, 1.6-2 cm long, scented, funnelformed, outside green, inside white. Nectar chamber 1 mm long. Receptacle 1 mm long. Petals linear, 1.2-1.4 cm long, 3 mm broad. Filaments white. Style yellowish. Ovary 4 mm long and broad, five- to six-angled, pale green, scales 1-2 mm long. Fruit five-angled, later ellipsoid, black-violet. Seed 1.2 mm, shiny red-brown.

- Brazil: Minas Gerais (T: Lagoa Santa), Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, eastern Paraguay; Argentina: Misiones. Epifytic in deciduous forest, up to 1100 m. Flowering time September to December.

Cact. 4:238, plate 30 (R. gonocarpa)
Cact. 4:239 (L. lineare)
An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32:491 (1925) (L. lineare)
Backeberg 2:670
Backeberg 2:671 (R. gonocarpa)
Backeberg 2:671 (L. lineare)
Ritter 1:40
Bradleya 5:97-100 (1987)
Epiphytes 8-30:30; 8-32:92 (R. gonocarpa)
Bradleya 5:97-100; 13:47
KuaS 49(1):2", 6"
NCL 143"
CEB 132'', 203