Rhipsalis baccifera

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Rhipsalideae
Genus: Rhipsalis
Subgenus: R. subg. Rhipsalis
Species: Rhipsalis baccifera
Subspecies: R. b. subsp. baccifera – R. b. subsp. cleistogama – R. b. subsp. erythrocarpa – R. b. subsp. horrida – R. b. subsp. mauritiana

Name edit

Rhipsalis baccifera (J.S.Muell.) Stearn, 1939

Synonyms edit

Cactus caripensis Kunth
Cactus cassythoides Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
Cactus epidendrum L.
Cactus fasciculatus Willd.
Cactus parasiticus L.
Cactus parasiticus Lam.
Cactus pendulinus Sieber ex DC.
Cactus pendulus Sw.
Cactus quadrangularis Haw.
Cassytha polysperma Aiton ex Gaertn.
Cereus baccifer (J.S.Muell.) Hemsl.
Cereus caripensis (Kunth) DC.
Cereus parasiticus Haw. ex Steud.
Cereus quadrangularis Pfeiff.
Hariota cassytha Cels ex C.F.Först.
Hariota fasciculata (Willd.) Kuntze
Hariota parasitica (L.) Kuntze
Rhipsalis aethiopica Welw.
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. fasciculata (Willd.) Süpplie
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. rhodocarpa (F.A.C.Weber) Süpplie
Rhipsalis baccifera f. zanzibarica (F.A.C.Weber) P.V.Heath
Rhipsalis bartlettii Clover
Rhipsalis caripensis F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.
Rhipsalis cassytha var. dichotoma DC.
Rhipsalis cassytha var. hookeriana DC.
Rhipsalis cassytha var. mocinoana DC.
Rhipsalis cassytha var. rhodocarpa F.A.C.Weber
Rhipsalis cassythoides G.Don
Rhipsalis cassythopsis Backeb.
Rhipsalis comorensis F.A.C.Weber
Rhipsalis dichotoma G.Don
Rhipsalis fasciculata (Willd.) Haw.
Rhipsalis guineensis A.Chev.
Rhipsalis heptagona Rauh & Backeb.
Rhipsalis hookeriana (DC.) G.Don
Rhipsalis madagascariensis F.A.C.Weber
Rhipsalis minutiflora K.Schum.
Rhipsalis neocassutha Y.Itô
Rhipsalis parasitica (L.) Haw.
Rhipsalis pendula (Sw.) Link & Otto
Rhipsalis sansibarica F.A.C.Weber
Rhipsalis suareziana F.A.C.Weber
Rhipsalis tetragona F.A.C.Weber
Rhipsalis undulata Pfeiff.
Rhipsalis zanzibarica F.A.C.Weber

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
- Regional: Eastern South America
  - Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern USA
  - Florida
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Stearn, W.T., 1939. Cactus Journal; Devoted Exclusively to Cacti and Other Succulent Plants. Croydon 7:107. 1939

Additional references edit

Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page.

Links edit

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Rhipsalis baccifera in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 02. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rhipsalis baccifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Rhipsalis baccifera. Published online. Accessed: Mar 02 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Rhipsalis baccifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Mar 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Rhipsalis baccifera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 02. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rhipsalis baccifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names edit

English: Mistletoe Cactus
español: Nopalillo-mal ojo
português: conambaia, enxerto, tripa-de-galinha

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