Rhipsalis Gaertn.
  • Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 137. 1788. nom. cons.


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Rhipsalis Gaertn. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000032972. Accessed on: 30 Mar 2023'

General Information

RHIPSALIS Gaertn.

Rhipsalis baccifera (J.S. Muell.) Stearn, Cact. J. (Croydon) 7: 107. 1939; Cassytha baccifera J.S. Muell.; R. cassutha Gaertn.; R. bartlettii Clover.

Epífitas o saxícolas, colgantes, muy ramificadas, hasta 3 m de largo, ramas apareadas o verticiladas, teretes, 2–6 mm de diámetro, suculentas; aréolas desnudas o con 1 o unas pocas cerdas, especialmente cuando jóvenes. Flores 0.3–0.6 cm de largo; partes sepaloides del perianto pocas, 0.5 mm de largo y de ancho, verdes; partes petaloides del perianto patentes, pocas, 0.1–0.2 cm de largo y ca 0.1 cm de ancho, blancas; estilo 0.2–0.3 cm de largo, blanco, lobos del estigma ca 5. Frutos globosos, 4–6 mm de largo, translúcidos, jugosos, blancos o rosados; semillas negras, ca 1 mm de largo.

Común en bosques húmedos o muy húmedos, zona atlántica; 0–1500 m; fl y fr todo el año, pero principalmente ene–may; Guzmán 729, Stevens 8477; Estados Unidos (Florida), México a Argentina, las Antillas, Africa, Madagascar, islas Mascarenas y Sri Lanka. Un género con quizás 50 especies de América subtropical y tropical, Africa e islas del océano Indico, aunque mejor representado en Brasil. R. bartlettii estuvo basada en especímenes con un desarrollo profuso de la lana en algunas aréolas. Se cree que esto es una condición anormal, quizás causada por insectos, los cuales se encuentran ocasionalmente en otras especie. "Suelda con suelda".

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    Rather slender succulent root-climbers, usually epiphytic; stems phylloid and jointed, terete or essentially so in our species, the areoles spiral, naked to abundantly hirsute or bristly. Leaves lacking. Flowers very small, sessile or somewhat sunken within the stem joints, solitary; perianth rotate, the segments free or essentially so, relatively few, sometimes only 5, usually spreading; stamens about twice as many as the perianth lobes, the filaments inserted on the margin of the hypanthium. Berry small, usually white, with rather few small seeds.

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    Morphology

    Petals 6–10, spreading, oblong

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    Stamens about 20

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    Calyx-teeth very short, 3 or more

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    Ovary inferior, glabrous

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    Seeds without endosperm.

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    Seeds carunculate, with viscid endosperm.

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    Fruit mucilaginous, white, yellow or pink, naked or with a few scales.

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    Flowers lateral, small; perianth segments (5)8–13, the outermost 3–5 small, unequal, ± succulent, greenish, the inner 5–8 up to 3 mm. long, translucent.

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    Areoles very small, with deciduous setae.

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    Leaves absent or reduced to minute scales.

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    Epiphytes, mostly pendent from trees, sometimes producing adventitious roots on the angled cylindrical stems.

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    Seeds carunculate, with viscid endosperm.

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    Stems cylindric, angled or flattened

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    Mostly epiphytes

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    Leaves absent or reduced to minute scales

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    Areoles very small, slightly woolly, with hairs or bristles in some species

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    Flowers usually solitary, sessile, small; perianth-segments 5–12

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    Fruit white or coloured, naked or with a few scales

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    Arbustes'dressés ou pendants, parfois munis de racines adventives, épiphytes ou chasmophytes; rameaux articulés, arrondis ou aplatis; aréoles peu développées, ± enfoncées et généralement à poils courts.'Feuilles'petites, écailleuses.'Fleurs'solitaires ou parfois en petits glomérules sur les aréoles, petites, à périanthe ± étalé; sépales peu développés, inégaux, ± succulents et verdâtres; pétales 5-10, peu développés, ± diaphanes; étamines 6-∞, à anthères arrondies; réceptacle glabre; ovaire proéminent ou immergé; ovules en nombre variable et à funicules libres.'Baies'arrondies, souvent surmontées du périanthe marcescent, parfois mucilagineuses.'Graines souvent peu nombreuses, cylindriques à fusiformes, à testa brun ou noir, mou.\n\t\t\t\tEnviron 60 espèces répandues de la Floride à l'Argentine, en Afrique tropicale et à Ceylan; pour la flore, 1 espèce.

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    Included Species

      Taxonomic Status Reference

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