Schlumbergera microsphaerica (obtusangula), Itatiaia

Schlumbergera microsphaerica
(KSch)Hövel


◊ KuaS 21:186 (1970)
◊◊ Cereus microsphaericus KSch - in: Martius, Flora Brasiliensis 4(2):197 (1890)
Cereus obtusangulus KSch - in: Martius, Flora Brasiliensis 4(2):198 (1890)
Cereus parvulus KSch - in: Martius, Flora Brasiliensis 4(2):197 (1890)
Cereus anomalus KSch - Keys Mongr. Cact. 16 (1903)
Epiphyllanthus obtusangulus (KSch)Berger - Rep. Miss. Bot. Gard. 16:84 (1905) & Syst. Rev. Gen. Cereus 84 (1905)
Cereus damazioi Weing - Montaschr. Kkde. 21:91-94 nom. illeg. (1911)
Zygocactus obtusangulus (KSch)Löfgr - Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2:28 (1918)
Zygocactus candidus Löfgr - Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2:30 (1918)
Epiphyllanthus microsphaericus (KSch)Br&R - Cact. 4:181, 182' (1923)
Epiphyllanthus candidus (Löfgr)Br&R - Cact. 4:182' (1923)
Epiphyllum obtusangulum (KSch)Vaup - Die Kakteen Lfg. 2:88 (1926)
Arthrocereus microsphaericus (KSch)Berg - Kakteen 337 (1929)
Trichocereus damazioi (Weing) Werd - Bras. Säulenkakt. 94 nom. illeg. (1934)
Schlumbergera obtusangula (KSch)Hunt - Kew Bull. 23:260 (1969)
Schlumbergera candida (Löfgr)Hövel - KuaS 21:186 (1970)
Schlumbergera microsphaerica ssp. candida (Löfgr)Hunt - Succ. Pl. Res. 4:79 (1995)
Schlumbergera microsphaerica f. obtusangula (KSch)Heath - Calyx 2:64 (1999)
Epiphyllanthus microsphaericus ssp candidus (Löfgr)Doweld - Sukkulenty 4(1-2):41 (2001, pub. 2002)
Schlumbergera microsphaerica f. candida Schlumbergera Direct. Spec. Hybr. [3] nom. inval. (2004)

- Plants growing on exposed areas with short cylindric or globose stems, plants in shaded positions with cylindric stems (S. obtusangula). Flower lilac. Fruit globose.

- Brazil: Serra do Caparaó tot Serra Brigadeiro (border of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo), Serra do Itatiaia (Rio de Janeiro). Epiphytic and terrestric in cloud forest, 2200 2800 m. Flowering time: November.

Ep. Hb. 116", 117"
KuaS 28(12):273
Cact. 4:181 (1923) (S. obtusangula)
Cact. 4: 182' (1923) (S. candida)
Backeberg 2:717'" (S. obtusangula)
Backeberg 2:718" (S. candida)
KuaS 28(12):273 (S. obtusangula, S. candida)
Epiphytes 8-31:51, 54; 12-46:39 (S. candida)
Epiphytes 8-31:54, 58" (S. obtusangula)
CSJ(USA) Yearbook 1975:5-21 (1975) (S. obtusangula)
Taxon 40:661 (1991)
EPIG 4(3):68-69" (S. obtusangula)
EPIG 9(3):123"; 12(2):60"; 78:18-24"; 85:32"
Bradleya 13:75
NCL 258"
CEB 239'', 264
EPIG 78:18-24"
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)