◊◊ Rev. Hort. ser. 4(7):253 (1858)
Epiphyllum Pfeiff non Haw - Enum. Cact. 123 (1837)
Zygocactus KSch - in Martius, Fl. Bras. 4(4):224 (1890)
Epiphyllanthus Berg - Rep. Miss. Bot. Gard. 16:84 (1905)
Rhipsalidopsis Br&R - Cact. 4:209 (1923)
Epiphyllopsis Berg - Kakteen 97, 341 (1929)
Pseudozygocactus Backbg - Blätt. für Kakteenforschung 6:5, 21 (1938)
Type: Schlumbergera epiphylloides Lem nom. illeg. (= Schlumbergera
russelliana)
- Growing on trees or rocks. Stems flat or globose to cylindric. New stems and flower appearing on the top of the stems. Spines bristle-like or lacking Flowers zygomorphic to nearly actinomorphic, lilac to white. Fruit cylindric or angled. Seed brown to black.
- Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, 900 2800 m.
Cact. 4:177
Archiv. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2:17-32 (1918)
Gentes Herb. 8:328-345 (1953)
Backeberg 2:726
Kew Bull. 23:255-263 (1969)
CSJ(USA) 1975 Yearbook 5-21
CSJ(USA) 50:31-34
NCSJ 21:84, 91; 24:10
KuaS 21(10):181-186"; 28(12):273; 38():198; 50(10):244
Bradleya 4:65; 13:74
Sukkde 3:14 (1949)
Krainz 1.8.58
Krainz 1.1.62
Gard. Chron. 56:421, 444, 468 (1964)
Plant Dis. 66:602-603 (1982)
Epiphytes 2:31-34, 52-55, 75-76; 6-22:23, 28; 7-26:36; 7-28:85", 86"; 8-
31:54; 9-33:15-18
Kaktusblüte 4:11-16 (1989)
Succ. Pl. Res. 4:1-77 (1995)
EPIG 9(3):83; 85:31"
NCL 258
Succulenta 94(2):68-73"
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)