Rhipsalis cereuscula
Haw


◊◊ Philosophical Magazine 7:112 (1830)
Hariota saglionis Lem - Cact. Aliq. Nov. Des. 39 (1838)
Rhipsalis saglionis (Lem)Lem - in: SD, Cact. Hort. Dyck. Cult. 41 (1842)
Rhipsalis saglionis (Lem)Otto - in: Walpers, Rep. Bot. 2:936 (1843)
Rhipsalis brachiata Hook - Curtis' Bot. Mag. 69: fig. 4039 (1843)
Rhipsalis penduliflora NEBrown - Gard. Chron. new ser. 3:716 (1877)
Hatiora penduliflora (NEBrown)Küntze - Rev. Gen. Plant. 1:263 (1891)
Hariota cereuscula (Haw)Küntze - Rev. Gen. Plant. 1:262 (1891)
Rhipsalis simmleri Beauv - Bull. Herb. Bois 2(7):136 (1907)
Rhipsalis saglionis rubrodiscus Löfgr - Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Jan 1:80 (1915)
Erythrorhipsalis cereuscula (Haw)Volgin - Vestn. Moskovsk. Univ. Ser. 16, Biol. 36(3):19 (1981)
Rhipsalis cereuscula rubrodisca (Löfgr)Cast - An. Prim. Reun. Sul-Amer. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3:12 (1940)

- Profusely branching shrub, later hanging, up to 60 cm long. Stems 20-30 cm long, 3-4 mm diameter, dark green. Terminal stems short, four- to five-angled, 1-3 cm long, light green. Areoles with little felt and 2-4 short spines. Flower terminal, white, bell-shaped, 1.5 cm long, 2 cm diameter. Ovary globose, green. Fruit white, ±5 mm diameter.

- Brazilië: Pernambuco tot Rio Grande do Sul; Paraguay; Bolivië: tot aan La Paz; Argentinië: Misiones, Corrientes; Uruguay; ?Costa Rica. Coastal and deciduous forest, 250-1700 m. Common. Flowering period September to November.

Cact. 4:222, 223", plate 27
Frst&Rmpl 891
Backeberg 2:655, 656"
Backeberg 2:657 (Rhipsalis simmleri)
Backeberg 2:659 (Rhipsalis penduliflora)
An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32:477 (1925)
KuaS 28(4):87"; 29(7):174
KuaS 42(8):177" (R. simmleri)
Bradleya 13:69, 18:22•
EPIG 10(4): 112, 114"|
NCL 254"
CEB 225, 235''
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)