Rhipsalis elliptica
Lindb ex KSch
◊◊ In: Schumann, Flora Brasiliensis 4(2):293 (1890)
Rhipsalis chloroptera Web - in: Bois, Dictionnaire d'horticulture 1045
(1898)
Rhipsalis elliptica helicoida Löfgr - Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Jan. 2:44 (1917)
- Plant up to 1.5 m long, flat, oblong to elliptisch, 6-16 cm long, 2.5-6 cm broad, weakly undulating, crenate, dark green to reddish. Areoles 0.8-3 cm apart, small, with little felt, scales small, sometimes 1 spine. Flower 8-9 mm long, 1.2-2 cm diameter, yeollowish white, 1-3 on each areole. Stamens white. Pistil white. Ovary more or less four-angled. Fruit 5 mm diameter, somewhat longer than broad, pink to dark red.
- Brazil: São Paulo (T: Sorocaba, south of Santos), Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Santa Catarina. Mata Atlântica, mountainous forests and deciduous forests near rivers, up to 2000 m. Flowering period June to October.
Cact. 4:243, plate 35
Cact. 4:243 (R. chloroptera)
Backeberg 2:675
Backeberg 2:674 (R. chloroptera)
KuaS 25(9):200
Bradleya 13:52", 60
NCL 254"
CEB 208, 229'', 230''
Calvente 2010'
Succulenta 98(4):247"
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)
◊◊ In: Schumann, Flora Brasiliensis 4(2):293 (1890)
Rhipsalis chloroptera Web - in: Bois, Dictionnaire d'horticulture 1045
(1898)
Rhipsalis elliptica helicoida Löfgr - Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Jan. 2:44 (1917)
- Plant up to 1.5 m long, flat, oblong to elliptisch, 6-16 cm long, 2.5-6 cm broad, weakly undulating, crenate, dark green to reddish. Areoles 0.8-3 cm apart, small, with little felt, scales small, sometimes 1 spine. Flower 8-9 mm long, 1.2-2 cm diameter, yeollowish white, 1-3 on each areole. Stamens white. Pistil white. Ovary more or less four-angled. Fruit 5 mm diameter, somewhat longer than broad, pink to dark red.
- Brazil: São Paulo (T: Sorocaba, south of Santos), Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Santa Catarina. Mata Atlântica, mountainous forests and deciduous forests near rivers, up to 2000 m. Flowering period June to October.
Cact. 4:243, plate 35
Cact. 4:243 (R. chloroptera)
Backeberg 2:675
Backeberg 2:674 (R. chloroptera)
KuaS 25(9):200
Bradleya 13:52", 60
NCL 254"
CEB 208, 229'', 230''
Calvente 2010'
Succulenta 98(4):247"
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)