◊ Bradleya 5:100 (1987)
◊◊ Rhipsalis cassytha mauritiana DC - Prodr. 3:476 (1828)
Rhipsalis aethiopica Welwitsch - J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3:152 (1859)
Rhipsalis comorensis Weber - Revue Horticole 64:424 (1892)
Rhipsalis zanzibarica Weber - Revue Horticole 64:425 (1892) ('R. sansibarica')
Rhipsalis pendulina Berger - Mitt. f. Kaktfr. 30(1):1 (1920)
Rhipsalis guineensis Chev - Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. I:299 (1920)
Rhipsalis mauritiana (DC)Barth - Inaug.-Dissert. 80 (1973)
Rhipsalis mauritiana var ellipticarpa Barth - Inaug.-Dissert. 80 (1973)
Rhipsalis baccifera f zanzibarica (Weber)Heath - in Calyx 4:124 (1994)
Rhipsalis baccifera ssp fortdauphinensis Süpplie - BCSJ 14(2):90 (1996) nom. inval.
- Stems up to 60 cm long, young stems with reddish tinge. Fruit larger.
- Tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Ethiopia and southward to Angola and Madagascar, Comoros, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Sri Lanka.
Backeberg 2:660 (R. zanzibarica)
Epiphytes 12-46:34 (R. zanzibarica)
Bradleya 13:64"
NCL 253"
CactusWorld 43(1):29" (2025)