Schlumbergera truncata

(Haw) Moran

◊ Gentes Herb. 8(4):329 (1953)
◊◊ Epiphyllum truncatum Haw - Supp. Pl. Succ. 85 (1819)
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- Segments flat, 4-6 cm long, 1.5-3.5 cm broad, often strongly dentate. Areoles with bristles and little felt. Terminal areole long and narrow. Flower zygomorphous, 7 cm long, 4.5 cm diameter, magenta. Filaments white, pollen yellow. Stigmas purple-red. Ovary globose. Receptacle 4 cm long. Fruit obovoid, red. Seeds black.

- Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (Serra do Mar with Serra dos Orgãos). Epiphytic or terrestric, in mata Atlântica, 100 1500 m. Flowering period: May.

Frst&Rmpl 869
Cact. 4:177'
Backeberg 2:729"
CSJ(USA) 1975 Yearbook 5-21'
Ash. 1-3:31", 32
KuaS 28(12):273"; 29(12):278"; 35(1):10-13; 43():265
Krainz 1.1.62
Epiphytes 2:25-36; 3(11):44-48; 3(12)64-68; 6-22:28'; 8-31:55; 10-38:55
Bradleya 13:75
EPIG 9(3):99"; 70:19-29"; 85:35", 41"
NCL 258"
Succulenta 96(1):24", 25"
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)