Rhipsalis shaferi
Br&R


◊◊ Cact. 4:229 (1923)
Rhipsalis baccifera shaferi (Br&R)Barth&Taylor - Bradleya 13:64 (1995)
Rhipsalis bermejensis

- Stems first stiff or upright, later spreading or prostate, round, 4-5 mm diameter, green or with reddish tip. Young and lower stems often with some spines. Areoles more than 1 cm apart. Scales small, broad. Flower lateral, 9-10 mm diameter, greenish white, small. Fruit white or reddish, 2-3 mm diameter.

- Paraguay: Trinidad (T), Asunción; Argentina: Posados (Misiones); South Bolivia, up to 1500 m. Flowering period end of dry season and start of wet season.

Cact. 4:228", 229, plate 21, 24
An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32:477" (1925)
Backeberg 2:662
Am. J. Bot. 65:326-333 (1978)
Ritter 248
Bradleya 13:64, 18:20"
EPIG 10(4):111, 113"
NCL 253"
Am. J. Bot. 98(9):1565 (2011)
Succulenta 97(1):40"