Rhipsalis baccifera

Rhipsalis baccifera

Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. baccifera

Taxonavigation

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. erythrocarpa – R. b. subsp. horrida – R. b. subsp. mauritiana

Name

Rhipsalis baccifera (J.S.Muell.) Stearn

Synonyms

• 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

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, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rhipsalis baccifera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. 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 on the internet. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 02.
• 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 on the internet. 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

English: mistletoe cactus
español: Nopalillo-mal ojo
português: conambaia, enxerto, tripa-de-galinha

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