Rhipsalis teres
(Vell)Steudel
◊ Nomenclator Botanicus ed. 2-2:449 (1841)
◊◊ Cactus teres Vellozo - Flora Fluminensis 207, 1825 (1829), 5:196, afb. 30,
1827 (1831)
Rhipsalis pendula Voechting - Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. Leipzig 9:371 (1873) non
Pfeiff 1837
Hariota conferta (Vell)Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:262 (1891)
Hariota teres Küntze - Revisio Generum Plantarum 1:263 (1891)
Rhipsalis alboareolata Ritt - Ritter 1:41, 282" (1979)
Rhipsalis clavellina Ritt - Ritter 1:43, 283" (1979)
Rhipsalis maricaensis Scheinvar - Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 31:71-78 (1992, publ. 1993)
- Initially upright, later pendant, profusely branching. Stems cylindric, up to 50 cm long, 3-5 mm diameter, terminal stems in whorls with 5-12. Areoles with felt and 1-2 dark small spines. Flower lateral, up to 1.2 cm diameter, with 1-2 bristly spines, light yellow. Pericarpel shorter than perianth. Stamens and style white. Petals becoming yellow after anthesis. Fruit 4-5 mm, white. Seed small.
- Brazil: mountain forests of São Paulo, between Tijuca and Jacarepagua (Rio de Janeiro), Minas Gerais, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, up to 1000 m. flowering period June to September. Flowering time February to October
Cact. 4:227, plate 26
Backeberg 2:661
Bradleya 13:65
EPIG 2(3):30"
NCL 257"
CEB 219
Succulenta 97(1):41"
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)
◊ Nomenclator Botanicus ed. 2-2:449 (1841)
◊◊ Cactus teres Vellozo - Flora Fluminensis 207, 1825 (1829), 5:196, afb. 30,
1827 (1831)
Rhipsalis pendula Voechting - Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. Leipzig 9:371 (1873) non
Pfeiff 1837
Hariota conferta (Vell)Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:262 (1891)
Hariota teres Küntze - Revisio Generum Plantarum 1:263 (1891)
Rhipsalis alboareolata Ritt - Ritter 1:41, 282" (1979)
Rhipsalis clavellina Ritt - Ritter 1:43, 283" (1979)
Rhipsalis maricaensis Scheinvar - Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 31:71-78 (1992, publ. 1993)
- Initially upright, later pendant, profusely branching. Stems cylindric, up to 50 cm long, 3-5 mm diameter, terminal stems in whorls with 5-12. Areoles with felt and 1-2 dark small spines. Flower lateral, up to 1.2 cm diameter, with 1-2 bristly spines, light yellow. Pericarpel shorter than perianth. Stamens and style white. Petals becoming yellow after anthesis. Fruit 4-5 mm, white. Seed small.
- Brazil: mountain forests of São Paulo, between Tijuca and Jacarepagua (Rio de Janeiro), Minas Gerais, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, up to 1000 m. flowering period June to September. Flowering time February to October
Cact. 4:227, plate 26
Backeberg 2:661
Bradleya 13:65
EPIG 2(3):30"
NCL 257"
CEB 219
Succulenta 97(1):41"
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)