Schlumbergera truncata
(Haw) Moran
◊ Gentes Herb. 8(4):329 (1953)
◊◊ Epiphyllum truncatum Haw - Supp. Pl. Succ. 85 (1819)
Cactus truncatus (Haw)Lk - Enum. Pl. 2:24 (1822)
Cereus truncatus (Haw)DCSweet - Hort. Brit. 272 (1826)
Epiphyllum altensteinii Pfeiff - Enum. Cact. 128 (1837)
Epiphyllum truncatum altensteinii (Pfeiff)Lem - Cact. Gen. Nov. Spec. 76 (1839)
Epiphyllum purpurascens Lem - Hort. Univ. 2:349 (1841)
Epiphyllum truncatum violaceum Morren - Belg. Hort. 16:260 (1866)
Epiphyllum truncatum spectabile Morren - Belg. Hort. 16:260 (1866)
Zygocactus truncatus (Haw)KSch - Flora Bras. 4(2): 224 (1890)
Zygocactus altensteinii (Pfeiff)KSch - Flora Bras. 4(2): 225 (1890)
Epiphyllum delicatum NEBrown - Gard. Chron. III 32: 411 (1902)
Epiphyllum delicatulum KSch - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 13:9 (1903)
Zygocactus delicatus (NEBrown)Br&R - Contr. US Nat. Herb. 16:260 (1913)
Zygocactus truncatus delicatus (NEBrown)Backbg&Knuth - (1935)
Zygocactus truncatus crenatus - Borg - Cacti ed. 2, 420 (1951)
Schlumbergera truncata altensteinii (Pfeiff)Moran - Gent. Herb. 8(4):330
(1953)
Schlumbergera truncata delicata (NEBrown)Moran - Gent. Herb. 8(4):330
(1953)
- 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)
◊ Gentes Herb. 8(4):329 (1953)
◊◊ Epiphyllum truncatum Haw - Supp. Pl. Succ. 85 (1819)
Cactus truncatus (Haw)Lk - Enum. Pl. 2:24 (1822)
Cereus truncatus (Haw)DCSweet - Hort. Brit. 272 (1826)
Epiphyllum altensteinii Pfeiff - Enum. Cact. 128 (1837)
Epiphyllum truncatum altensteinii (Pfeiff)Lem - Cact. Gen. Nov. Spec. 76 (1839)
Epiphyllum purpurascens Lem - Hort. Univ. 2:349 (1841)
Epiphyllum truncatum violaceum Morren - Belg. Hort. 16:260 (1866)
Epiphyllum truncatum spectabile Morren - Belg. Hort. 16:260 (1866)
Zygocactus truncatus (Haw)KSch - Flora Bras. 4(2): 224 (1890)
Zygocactus altensteinii (Pfeiff)KSch - Flora Bras. 4(2): 225 (1890)
Epiphyllum delicatum NEBrown - Gard. Chron. III 32: 411 (1902)
Epiphyllum delicatulum KSch - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 13:9 (1903)
Zygocactus delicatus (NEBrown)Br&R - Contr. US Nat. Herb. 16:260 (1913)
Zygocactus truncatus delicatus (NEBrown)Backbg&Knuth - (1935)
Zygocactus truncatus crenatus - Borg - Cacti ed. 2, 420 (1951)
Schlumbergera truncata altensteinii (Pfeiff)Moran - Gent. Herb. 8(4):330
(1953)
Schlumbergera truncata delicata (NEBrown)Moran - Gent. Herb. 8(4):330
(1953)
- 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)