Lymanbensonia brevispina

(Barth)Barth&Korotkova

◊ Willdenowia 40:166 (2010)
◊◊ Lepismium brevispinum Barth - Bradleya 5:99 (1987)

Lepismium brevispinum Barth - Bradleya 5:99 (1987)
Acanthorhipsalis brevispina Ritt - Ritter 4:1260, 1529" nom. inval. art. 37.1 (1981)
Rhipsalis brevispina (Ritt)Kimn - CSJ(USA) 55(4):181 nom. inval. (1983)
Pfeiffera brevispina (Ritt)Heath - Calyx 4:158) nom inval. (1994
Acanthorhipsalis brevispina Ritt ex Doweld - Sukkulenty 4(1-2):34, 2001 (2002-2003)
Pfeiffera brevispina (Barth)Hunt - Cact. Syst. Init. 14:18 (2002), 21:14" (2006)
Rhipsalis riocampanensis Mads&Z.Aguirre - Nordic. J. Bot. 23:26-29 (2004)

- More or less upright, stems up to 80 long or longer, basal and lateral branching, flat, 2,5-3,5 cm broad, tip obtuse, edges shallowly crenated, dull light green. Areoles ±2 cm apart, with yellowish felt, shorter than 1 mm. Spines 2-3 (1-8), 1-1,5 mm long, cream, later brownish. Flower narrowly bell-shaped, greenish yellow-white, ±10 mm long, receptacle 4-5 mm long, yellowish green, with tiny scales, naked. Stamens yellowish. Style yellowish, stigma cream. Fruit 6-8 mm long, 5-7 mm diameter, translucent white. Seed ovoid, 1,4x0,8x0,5 mm.

- Peru: Amazonas (T: Cerro Calla Calla, prov. Chachapoyas), Junín (Aguas Calientes); Ecuador: La Loja, 1700-2000 m. Terrestric.

CSJ(USA) 55(4):177-182; 56(3)122'; 68(3):156
Bradleya 5:97-100; 13:45
KuaS 49(1):2
Calyx 4:158 (1994)
Cact. Syst. In. 14:18
NCL 232"
EPIG 74:1, 5-17"