Rhipsalis micrantha
(HBK)DC
◊ DC, Prodr. 3:476 (1828)
◊◊ Cactus micranthus Kunth - in: HBK Nov. Gen. Spec. 6:65 (1823)
Hariota micrantha Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:263 (1891)
Rhipsalis wercklei Berg - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 16:64 (1906)
- Up to 1 m long. Main stems mostly four to five-angled, blunt, up to 6 mm diameter, apically branching. Stems mostly flat, yellowish green. Primary stems 20-25 cm long, up to 0.5 cm broad, secundary stems 8-12 cm long. Areoles 1-4.5 cm apart, with little felt and smalle scales, round to short ellipsoid, sometimes with 1-2 thin bristly spines. Flower white, 7 mm long, 1 cm diameter. Ovary short cylindric, 3 mm long, sometimes with some scales and small spines. Anthers whitish. Fruit 0.5-1 cm diameter, white to reddish or yellowish.
- Southern Ecuador, North Perú to Olmos and (T: Olleros). Flowering time: September to November.
Cact. 4:239
Cact. 4:240 (R. wercklei)
BKPK 228, 229"
Backeberg 2:667", 668
Backeberg 2:672 (R. wercklei)
Ritter 4:1261, 1530"
Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt 10:7 (1974)
Bradleya 13:62"
Bradleya 13:79 (R. wercklei)
NCL 256"
Calvente 2010'
EPIG 8(4):129; 62: 10", 11", 27; 74:6, 11", 12"
Succulenta 98(4):244"
Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. U. de Caldas 19(2): 74-79
◊ DC, Prodr. 3:476 (1828)
◊◊ Cactus micranthus Kunth - in: HBK Nov. Gen. Spec. 6:65 (1823)
Hariota micrantha Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:263 (1891)
Rhipsalis wercklei Berg - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 16:64 (1906)
- Up to 1 m long. Main stems mostly four to five-angled, blunt, up to 6 mm diameter, apically branching. Stems mostly flat, yellowish green. Primary stems 20-25 cm long, up to 0.5 cm broad, secundary stems 8-12 cm long. Areoles 1-4.5 cm apart, with little felt and smalle scales, round to short ellipsoid, sometimes with 1-2 thin bristly spines. Flower white, 7 mm long, 1 cm diameter. Ovary short cylindric, 3 mm long, sometimes with some scales and small spines. Anthers whitish. Fruit 0.5-1 cm diameter, white to reddish or yellowish.
- Southern Ecuador, North Perú to Olmos and (T: Olleros). Flowering time: September to November.
Cact. 4:239
Cact. 4:240 (R. wercklei)
BKPK 228, 229"
Backeberg 2:667", 668
Backeberg 2:672 (R. wercklei)
Ritter 4:1261, 1530"
Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt 10:7 (1974)
Bradleya 13:62"
Bradleya 13:79 (R. wercklei)
NCL 256"
Calvente 2010'
EPIG 8(4):129; 62: 10", 11", 27; 74:6, 11", 12"
Succulenta 98(4):244"
Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. U. de Caldas 19(2): 74-79