Rhipsalis clavata
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◊◊ Rev. Hort. 64:429 (1892)
Hariota clavata (Web)KSch - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 5:172 (1895)
Hatiora clavata (Web)Moran - Gent. Herb. 8(4):343 (1953)

- Pendant, up to ±1 m long, strongly branching. Stems up to 5 cm long, 2 mm diameter, at the tip 3 mm, equally long, yellowish green. Areoles at the end of the stems. Flower terminal, bell-shaped, white, 1.5 cm long, 1 cm diameter. Bud yellow. Ovary round, yellow, 4 mm diameter. Fruit greenish to pinkish white, 6 mm diameter, with broad umbilicum on which the dried flower is attached. Seed 1 mm long, beaked, dark brown.

- Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (T: Teresópolis), São Paulo, ?Ibitipoca (Minas Gerais), Espírito Santo. In mata Atlântica, up to 1600 m. Flowering period August to October.

Cact. 4:223
Backeberg 2:657
Bradleya 13:56", 72
EPIG 3(3):49"
NCL 254"
CEB 224, 236''
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)